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human
Is there a reason why solar flares resemble magnetic lines of force?

I've seen pictures of solar flares and they almost always remind me of the iron filings rearranging themselves in the magnetic force lines shape. Is there a reason to this?
gpt
Yes. Because the sun is made of plasma, and because plasma is essentially dissociated (divided into nuclei and electrons) atoms that are electrically charged. Essentially the plasma actually follows those magnetic force lines.