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Dark Fireworks

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Jul 13, 2011
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Dark Fireworks
This screen capture from the close-up view of the June 7, 2011 solar event shows the sunspot complex originating the flare and the coronal mass ejection plasma cloud falling back towards the sun, described as "Dark Fireworks".

This screen capture from the close-up view of the June 7, 2011 solar event shows the sunspot complex originating the flare and the coronal mass ejection plasma cloud falling back towards the sun, described as “Dark Fireworks”.

Credit: NASA/SDO