NASA spotted a massive eruption of a plasma tornado spinning above the sun’s surface. The “firenado” lasted almost 40 hours and was over 40,000 miles long.
From GeoBeats News:
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recently spotted a plasma tornado spinning just above the sun’s surface, and the volatile winds held strong for roughly 40 hours.
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An online post by NASA described the resilience of the tornado, noting the plasma mass, “was stretched and pulled back and forth by powerful magnetic forces but [was] not ripped apart in this sequence.” Between September 1st through the 3rd, the storm is estimated to have reached heights in excess of 40,000 miles, which is around 5 times the Earth’s diameter.
According to NASA, “The temperature of the ionized iron particles observed in this extreme ultraviolet wavelength of light was about 2.8 million degrees C. (or 5 million degrees F.)” Similar tornadoes have been observed in the past, with one reaching speeds up to 186,000 miles per hour.
