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Solar flares
Occur when gas and huge quantity of charged particles explode from the photosphere
Sunspots Prominences Huge, arching column of hot gas (about 10 000C) spewing about 60 000 km from
Some of them blast material from the Sun into space at speed ranging from 600 km/s to more than 1000 km/s
The dark areas of the photosphere which are cooler than the surrounding areas.
Not permanent on the Sun, can appear and disapper over aperiod of several days, weeks or months.