Wow, I never realized the sun jumped around so much. To think it's 93,000,000 miles away and it's still hot enough to barbecue me on a summer day. Was fun to watch this video while listening to Diversity of Life by Andy Prinz.
I wonder how much mass the sun loses during each prominence. I know most of it returns in a horseshoe shape, but I can't help but think that some of it is ejected and unrecovered.