5-Million-Degree Tornado Churns Across Sun | Time-Lapse Video

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) watched the Sun’s magnetic forces twist and turn enormous plumes of superheated plasma from Sept. 1-3, 2015. The particles observed by SDO – mostly iron – were measured at a blazing 5 million degrees. (2.8 million degrees C.) -- Full Story: Credit: NASA/SDO/mash mix:
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