On July 12, 2012 there was an enormous eruptive event on the Sun captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. It consisted of three parts: a solar flare, a coronal mass ejection, and coronal rain.
A solar flare is a sudden flash of brightness on the Sun ‘s surface corresponding to the release of enormous amounts of energy. Solar flares are often accompanied by a coronal mass ejection , which is a burst of gas and magnetic fields launched into space from the surface of the Sun. Coronal rain occurs when hot plasma in the corona cools, condenses, and falls back towards the Sun in the strong magnetic fields surrounding solar flares.
Source: https://youtu.be/HFT7ATLQQx8
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