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Bonfires of the Northern Sky
The Blue Planet
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6m 20s
Heat generated in the Sun's core is released in towers of hot electrified gas, called plasma, that break the surface. Looping magnetic fields break the surface too. When they snap, they can release powerful high-speed waves of gas... a billion tons of plasma racing out into space.
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