Focus on solar outbursts   Outburst of gas from near the Sun’s south pole. The bright loop is cool, strongly magnetized material being swept away from the Sun. The white ring inside the central mask shows the size of the visible Sun.   SOHO/LASCO movie of a high latitude CME in the North polar region on February 27 2000. A chronicle from SOHO     Still a major challenge     A blast of gas from the Sun can buffet the Earth's magnetic field. Release date: 19 November 2003