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   ocr: FIGURE 1 Coronal mass ejection taking the shape of a a dark keyhole, or a bulb on top ofa column. The most likely explanation appears to be a combination of several coincidences - the chance juxtaposition of unrelated solar structures, enhanced by the image processing that removes the "background image", and a visual illusion that enhances the apparent contrast of the column.