Zooming in on raining plasma blobs (VIDEO)
Caption
Solar Orbiter saw that, in the lead-up to a solar flare, twisted magnetic fields break and reconnect, creating an outflow of energy that subsequently rains down through the Sun’s atmosphere in ribbon-like streams.
Credit
ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team
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