A Solar Tornado Observed by the NASA Satellite SDO (VIDEO)

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A solar tornado observed by the NASA satellite SDO between April 23-29, 2015. The tornado prominence erupted on 28 April. An image of the Earth is superimposed for scale.

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Credit: SDO data courtesy of NASA. Movie created using the ESA and NASA funded Helioviewer Project.

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