In some parts of the world, tornadoes
are a serious problem, especially in places like Kansas. But we don't
have to travel light years away to locate similar weather
disasters—there are tornadoes happening right now on our very own
sun! Colossal magnetic tornadoes occur on the surface of our sun and
these tornadoes are comprised of superheated gas and plasma. One of
these monstrosities was measured to be 5 times the size of Earth
itself--if it was on the surface of the Earth, it would stretch
half-way up to our moon! That's a tornado 125,000 miles high! And if
there are complaints about “tornado season” in Kansas, it should
be noted that, on average, there are 11,000 magnetic tornados raging
across our sun's surface at all times. Dorothy might as well give up
hope of ever going home!
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