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Prominence eruption
An erupting prominence glows brightly in this COR1-Ahead image from April 9, 2008. This is by far the brightest prominence seen by COR1 since the start of the mission. Complex twisting motions are seen as the prominence erupts.

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COR1 images
Prominence Eruption on April 9, 2008
It is a combination of COR1A and SECCHI EUVI 304 Angstrom images showing a spectacular prominence eruption on 2008-04-09. This event was also seen by the Hinode soft X-ray imager, and joint analysis of this interesting event is underway.