What are the differences bewteen a solar flare and a solar prominence; which affects us and how?

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What are the differences bewteen a solar flare and a solar prominence; which affects us and how?

Answer 1

A solar flare is a violent explosion in a star's( like the Sun's) atmosphere releasing up to a total energy of 6 × 1025 Joules.Solar flares take place in the solar corona and chromosphere, heating plasma to tens of millions of kelvins and accelerating electrons, protons and heavier ions to near the speed of light. They produce electromagnetic radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum at all wavelengths from long-wave radio to the shortest wavelength gamma rays.Most flares occur in active regions around sunspots, where intense magnetic fields emerge from the Sun's surface into the corona. Flares are powered by the sudden (timescales of minutes to tens of minutes) release of magnetic energy stored in the corona.

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A prominence is a large bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface, often in a loop configuration. Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the Mesosphere, and extend outwards into the Sun's troposphere. While the troposphere consists of extremely hot ionized gases, known as plasma, which do not emit much visible light, prominences contain much cooler plasma, similar in composition to that of the chromosphere. A prominence forms over timescales of about a day, and stable prominences may persist in the corona for several months. Some prominences break apart and give rise to coronal mass ejections.

A typical prominence extends over many thousands of kilometres; the largest observed by SOHO was seen in 1997 and was some 350,000 km (216,000 miles) long [1] - some 28 times the diameter of the Earth. The mass contained within a prominence is typically of the order of 100 billion tonnes of material.

Answer 2

Ok, a solar flare reaches earth. Sometimes it breaks through the ozone layer, that's what the northern and southern lights are. A solar prominence doesn't reach earth. It only extends from the sun. Did I get it right?