SDO CME launch

A Large prominence that had rotated around from the edges of the sun as viewed from earth and SDO was actually a long filament of suspended plasma. The above picture is the  filament erupting from the surface due to hotter material being released below it. See it in motion...

The early days , http://youtu.be/xjwDTx6EMZE?hd=1, a stable large prominence
A wide view, http://helioviewer.org/?movieId=N1f55  , note the red matter is released
A closer view, http://helioviewer.org/?movieId=21f55

The CME launches through the SOHO C2 and C3 imagers.

 

image data courtesy of Helioviewer/SDO/NASA and LASCO/SOHO/NRL