The sun's tumultuous magnetic fields provide the fuel of flares. The sudden release of energy in a flare results from a process called reconnection, whereby oppositely directed magnetic field lines come together and partially annihilate each other.
Gordon D. Holman
The Mysterious Origins of Solar Flares
Scientific American
April, 2006
16 March 2006
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