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Plages,
Filaments, Flares
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Chromosphere
has Plages and Filaments near sunspots
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Filaments
when viewed from the side are called solar prominences (see famous Skylab
picture)
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prominence
follows magnetic field lines
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Solar
flares are short-lived, high energy eruptions
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Causes
burst in solar wind which effects magnetosphere, which disrupts radios,
satellites
Earth's magnetosphere
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