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Article Source: National Nine News
A giant solar tornado believed to be as large as the Earth has been captured by a NASA satellite.
A video of the phenomenon was recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a sun-watching satellite that has transmitted a series of stunning photos of solar flares in recent months.
The tornados are made up of dark plasma sliding across the surface of the Sun, with gusts of up to 480,000 km/h.
Saw it on the Science channel this afternoon. So cool. Thanks for another look!
#6 - Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:47 PM ESTwow, it's incredible what we can see nowadays... just amazing to watch
#7 - Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:52 PM ESTThe immense power of the sun is probably beyond our comprehension, but the clip certainly suggests how much energy is there. Thanks for passing along this find.
#11 - Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:26 AM ESTThose things must have been bigger than the entire earth!
That was simply amazing.
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