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It was a prominence, not a flare. A flare escapes the sun's magnetic field while a prominence does not.
Fair enough. I'm no astro-smith
Flares cause CME, and CME would appear like a prominence. CME and prominences are thought to be linked somehow, we're not totally sure yet.