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English: Filament erupting during a solar flare, seen at EUV wavelengths that show both emission and absorption (the filament has both).

The plasma physics involved in this process remains ill-understood, but it certainly involves the Sun's magnetic field.

Picture Credit: TRACE, NASA. Source
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  • 2005-10-04 10:06 Iantresman 669×478×6 (116850 bytes) Filaments surrounding a solar flare, caused by the interaction of the [[plasma]] in the Sun's atmopshere with its magnetic field. Picture Credit: TRACE, NASA. [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040725.html Source]

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