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A flaring coronal loop system on the surface of the Sun

Solar flares are energetic, impulsive, magnetically triggered events on the surface of the Sun and low in the corona. A flare event may lead to Coronal Mass Ejections being expelled into interplanetary space.

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			[[Image:Flare.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|A flaring coronal loop system on the surface of the Sun]]
	'''Solar flares''' are energetic, impulsive, magnetically triggered events on the surface of the [[Sun]] and low in the corona. A flare event may lead to [[Coronal Mass Ejections]] being expelled into interplanetary space.		'''Solar flares''' are energetic, impulsive, magnetically triggered events on the surface of the [[Sun]] and low in the corona. A flare event may lead to [[Coronal Mass Ejections]] being expelled into interplanetary space.