A solar prominence is essentially
A. an aurora occurring in the Sun's atmosphere instead of Earth's.
B. a plasma confined to a magnetic tube sticking out of the surface of the Sun.
C. an eruption of gas heated by the sudden recombination of opposite polarity parts of the Sun's magnetic field.
D. a cloud of hot gas lifting off the surface of the Sun.
Answer: B
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