Giant Magnetic Loops Dance on the Sun's Horizon (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Giant Magnetic Loops Dance on the Sun's Horizon

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Giant magnetic loops dance on the sun's horizon in concert with the eruption of a solar flare -- seen as a bright flash of light -- in this imagery from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, captured Jan. 12-13, 2015.

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