The squiggly dark line in the upper left quadrant of the Sun in the image above is called a ___________.

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The squiggly dark line in the upper left quadrant of the Sun in the image is called a filament, which is a type of prominence that appears as a dark, elongated feature on the Sun's surface. Solar flares are explosive bursts of energy that release radiation into space, sunspots are dark areas on the Sun's surface that appear as cooler regions, and prominences are bright, loop-shaped features that extend from the Sun's surface.

The Squiggly Dark Line in the Upper Left Quadrant of the Sun