NBC NATIONAL NEWS — NASA shared some actual video of what's called solar prominence. It was recorded on Monday.

A solar prominence is a large bright feature that extends outward from the sun's surface.

NASA said such eruptions are often associated with solar flares. In this case, a medium-sized flare occurred at the same time as the prominence.

It was captured from the left side of the sun by a NASA satellite that's part of the solar dynamics observatory.