☀️ Solar Corona: Flares, Coronal Loops, CMEs and the Parker Wind - 2D Views

A coronal loop twisted by its footpoints until it kinks, releases a GOES-class flare, rings with a damped kink oscillation and launches a CME that drag slows toward the Parker solar wind. Three 2D views: the loop, the corona to 30 solar radii, and the spiral wind with a probe orbit.