Huge 'Tornado' Churns on Sun's Surface - Close-Up Video

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 19:30 in Astronomy & Space

A circular storm as wide as five Earths churning on the sun's surface was recorded Sept. 25, 2011, by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. Time-lapsed multiple filter views are looped in this video.

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