This is fucking fantastic, right here. Here’s a little existential wonderment to set you up for your weekend. The  Solar Dynamics Observatory has caught a solar tornado that is five times  bigger than the Earth.

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This video of the solar eclipse is rad for several reasons. For starters, you can see some pretty righteous magnetic activity on the Sun’s surface. The Sun is spittin’ like a mad dragon, fiery hotness! Also, it features an optical illusion wherein the Moon appears to enter the scene, and then somehow, reverse direction.

Hit the jump for the video.

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