The Claw, a very appropriate name for this large solar eruption, occurred and was photographed back in 2000 by the SOHO satellite. Large enough to fit ten Earths, this crazy eruption is not only massive, but it also is in an interesting shape. Oddly enough it is in a figure eight type shape, thus suggesting that it has its own thread of a magnetic field pulsing through it. This could be accounted for the differential rotation, and the constant fluctuation of the gasses in general, it is also interesting to note how these solar flares seem to be occurring a lot more frequently now.
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