A partial halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was observed early on 15 March 2015 from active region 2297 near the centre of the solar disk. Traveling towards Earth at an estimated speed of ~800 km/s the CME impacted the Earth's
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Image credit: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/browse/2014/09/10/20140910_172914_1024_0094.jpg[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="512"] Image credit: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/browse/2014/09/10/20140910_174043_1024_0193.jpg[/caption] Active region near the centre of the solar disk which produced an X1.6 solar flare Active region 2158 near the centre of the solar disk erupted on 10 September