Sun Emits a Solstice Flare and CME

This image shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the Sun and an eruption of solar material shooting through the Sun's atmosphere.
November 30, 2017
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This image from June 20, 2013, at 11:15 p.m. EDT shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the Sun and an eruption of solar material shooting through the Sun's atmosphere, called a prominence eruption. The flare was a class M2.9, which is in the low-moderate range. Shortly thereafter, this same region of the Sun sent a coronal mass ejection out into space.

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