.....Solar tornado near the sun's North Pole. This thing was twisting and growing for 3 days.
— Girl In Space (@ExploreCosmos_) March 20, 2023
Unlike tornadoes on Earth, tornadoes on the sun are controlled by magnetism. Solar magnetic fields twist in a furious spiral, dragging clouds of plasma around with them.
© Apollo Lasky / SDO pic.twitter.com/LYdUUtbLEf