This is the incredible moment a solar tornado FIVE TIMES the size of earth and travelling at 186,000mph causes a stunning spectacle on the sun's surface. The phenomenon is made up of superheated gas measuring between 90,000 and 3.6 million degrees F. Hot gases in the tornadoes travel up and down from the sun's surface at more than 186,000mph. The speed of gases in tornadoes on earth, in comparison, are a mere 95mph.