MULTIMEDIA
What is Multimedia? It is everything from podcasts to Flash animations and webcasts. These tools are an excellent learning resource and bring with them an engaging way to learn about the history of Sun Watching.
FEATURED MULTIMEDIA
- Podcasts
- The Sun-Earth Day team will keep you updated and informed with the latest news and events through the Sun-Earth Day podcasts subcription.
- Image Gallery
- Within this image gallery you will find spectacular images of eclipses from a variety of locations on Earth as well as artificially created eclipses taken by satellites studying the Sun!
- Traditions of the Sun
- This new experiential Web site lets you explore Chaco Canyon and the Yucatan to learn about NASA research on the Sun and solar practices within a larger historical and cultural context.
- Sun-Earth Viewer
- This Flash-based viewer allows you to view real-time NASA satellite images of the Sun and the Earth. Near real-time images from a variety of NASA satellites and ground-based observatories are presented. Enjoy zooming and panning the images! A scale tool with the size of the Earth is also presented with the solar images.
- Auroras! Mysterious Lights In The Sky
- Find out how scientists are able to learn about these beautiful mysterious lights in the sky! This book is available in PDF and FLASH. Museums can also download an interactive kiosk version as well.
Space Weather Fact
The most powerful solar flare in the last 500 years occurred on September 2, 1859 and was sighted by two astronomers who happened to be looking at the sun at exactly the right time!