What are the fire loops that shoot up into the sun's corona?

[Greg Bernhardt]

Above the photosphere is the chromosphere and above that, the corona. Sometimes our sun sends out big, bright fire loops reaching high up into the corona. What is this called?

 

[BoulderHead]

I believe they are called solar flares.

didiwindidiwindidiwin?

 

[zoobyshoe]

I believe the official, technical term is: loopy sun beams.

 

[Claude Bile]

Prominences?

 

[Robert Zaleski]

coronal loops

 

[Doctor Luz]

Aurora Borealis

 

[meteor]

magnetic loops

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Claude Bile gets the point!