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Watch a 100,000-mile-high tower of plasma erupt from the sun in this stunning video

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Astronomer Mark Johnston captured incredible solar fireworks on the sun in late August .

Johnston assembled the images he got of the solar spectacle into the stunning video above.

Johnston captured images of arcs of plasma (super heated gases) known as solar prominences rising to incredible heights above the surface of our star.

Remember: viewing the sun can be dangerous without the right equipment.