September 20, 2011

Solar Twister

A twisted filament of magnetism on the sun suddenly untwisted on Oct. 28. The result was a spectacular eruption recorded in full-disk detail by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The solar twister can be seen here rising from the 10 o'clock position on the edge of the sun's disk.

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  2. Sam Santos-Shevett (P1)November 29, 2010 at 7:24 PM

    I wonder how High-Tech that is? To catch the sun in a solar twister. Man would that be awesome to be the one to notice that happening.

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  3. How did the flames twist and untwist? Was the twist-untwist-explosion all in a matter of seconds? minutes? days? It's cool anyway though.

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