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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:37 am Post subject: Solar tornadoes? (video) |
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As if it could not make up its mind . . . darker, cooler plasma slid and shifted back and forth above the Sun's surface seen here for 30 hours (Feb. 7-8, 2012) in extreme ultraviolet light. An active region rotating into view provides a bright backdrop to the gyrating streams of plasma. The particles are being pulled this way a...read more |
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