cool vid on the STEREO twins mission
http://learners.gsfc.nasa.gov/mediaviewer/stereo2/
as if that isnt enough!! and on top of that there is this one online 2008?
http://www.universetoday.com/2006/07...the-beginning/
this from article
'To improve the predictions and provide reliable advance warning of adverse space weather, scientists must measure the magnetic field that permeates the material. Until now, there has been no way to make that measurement until the material is near Earth.
The LFD promises to change that. The telescope will see thousands of bright radio sources. The plasma ejected from the sun changes those sources’ radio waves as they pass through, but in a way that depends on the magnetic field strength and direction. By analyzing those changes, scientists will at last be able to deduce the all-important magnetic field properties of coronal mass ejections.
“This is the most crucial measurement to be made in support of our National Space Weather Program, since it would provide advance notice about the space weather effects on Earth well ahead of the time of impact of the plasma burst,” said Joseph Salah, director of the Haystack Observatory.'
which even has an Australian connection
http://www.haystack.mit.edu/ast/arrays/mwa/