Global coronal disturbances as seen from the LASCO C2 and C3
coronagraph:  Instead of a single coronal mass ejection erupting in one
direction, movies made with the LASCO coronagraph confirm that material
is simultaneously ejected both to the East (left) and the West (right)
from the Sun.  The eastern ejecta are brighter in this specific case.
The combined field of view of the images spans 25 solar radii.  The
inner edge is at 1.6 solar radii.  The dark circle marks the boundary
between the C2 and the C3 field of view.  Material is being ejected
over east and the west limbs of the Sun.  Bright areas are coronal
clouds moving outward.  Dark areas resemble the blown out streamer
belt.  At the inner edge (420,000 km above solar surface), typical
velocities are 90 km/sec.  At 23 solar radii (15.7 million km  above
surface), velocities are 530 km/sec.