@stupendousman @pratik Have to make a correction here as I learned something new. What is seen here is called a prominence which is plasma shot out from the surface of the Sun. It eventually gets out in the space and some of it can crash into Earth. Solar flares are electromagnetic in nature and not physical explosions. I think both can cause disruptions in communications and better auroras. I used to use these two terms interchangeably but that is not correct.