Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The event also blasted an enormous cloud of energetic charged particles toward planet Earth, triggering magnetic storms and dramatic auroral displays . It shows million degree hot solar plasma cooling down while suspended in an arcade of magnetic loops . After the flare, AR9077's activity decayed as it was carried farther across the Earth-facing hemisphere of the Sun by solar rotation . Active regions like AR9077 appear as groups of dark sunspots in visible light.
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