'Tornado Season' On The Sun Returns With New Sighting | Video
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 09:00
in Astronomy & Space
For a 38 hour spell (June 3-4, 2013) the Solar Dynamics Observatory captured plasma whirling through a magnetic dance across the Sun's surface. Multiple 'sun tornadoes' appear to be supporting a long solar filament like pillars of fire.