The discussion centers around a video captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) showcasing a solar tornado, a plasma event occurring on the sun. Participants explore the characteristics of this phenomenon, including its formation, behavior, and the scientific observations made during the event.
Participants express interest in the solar tornado and related phenomena, but there is no consensus on the implications or interpretations of the events discussed. The conversation includes both factual sharing and light-hearted commentary.
Some claims about the solar tornado's characteristics, such as temperature and speed, depend on specific observational data and may not be universally accepted without further context.
Readers interested in solar phenomena, astrophysics, or space exploration may find this discussion relevant.
A NASA spacecraft has captured spectacular video of an enormous plasma "tornado" spinning off the sun.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory probe, or SDO, watched the dark-hued twister churn and ultimately erupt over the course of one day, from April 29 to 30. Mission scientists used the spacecraft 's imagery to create an 18-second-long video of the dramatic solar tornado.
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/main/item/656A small, but complex mass of plasma gyrated and spun about over the course of 40 hours above the surface of the Sun (Sept. 1-3, 2015). It was stretched and pulled back and forth by powerful magnetic forces but not ripped apart in this sequence. The temperature of the ionized iron particles observed in this extreme ultraviolet wavelength of light was about 2.8 million degrees C.
http://www.grindtv.com/random/tornado-that-is-5-million-degrees-rages-on-sun-for-40-hours/SDO project scientist William Pesnell told Huffington Post that the material in the solar tornado spun at speeds of about 10,000 mph.