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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Tornado on the SUN!

NASA's solar dynamic observatory has captured footage of a tornado on the sun. This extreme solar weather has effects all the way to Earth. Airplanes have even been rerouted because of the solar tornado!

Read the full story at NPR

2 comments:

  1. That is awesome. I read the full story and it isn't long but what they say is pretty cool.
    -Marwa

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  2. This is unbelieveable! How did they take a video of that happening? It looks REALLY close to the surface and nothing has ever been close without being burned to a crisp.

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