Thursday, March 29, 2012

Monster solar tornadoes discovered
[ Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:16:45 GMT ]

In the lower corona swirling magnetic fields and plasma create huge solar tornadoes measuring several times the width of Earth. For the first time, huge solar tornadoes have been filmed swirling deep inside the solar corona — the sun's superheated atmosphere. But if you're imagining the pedestrian tornadoes that we experience on Earth, think again.


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