Solar Max Series Day 1 or 4

If you have been following my blog lately you will know that I do a lot of videos. For a while I have felt bad that they are just videos and I haven't had time to type my own materials. But occasionally there is a video that comes along that is so good that it really makes you take notice. The next four days I'll be posting such videos. If you are an astronomer that follows the Sun you'll know that 2010 has been a very active year so far. Looks like we are heading to Solar Maximum.

The Sun is a wonderful object to study safely (more on that later until then AVOID looking at the sun with your telescope/binoculars/camera, etc!) I found this video on YouTube and I decided to do a four day series on my blog about it. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. The more I hear about global warming the more I wonder that role the Sun plays in all of it. The Sun is the closest star we have and it is also very well studied compared to other stars, but in my mind there are still many things that we don't know about the Sun.

I hope you enjoy this 10 minute video about the sun and I hope it inspires you to think about the Sun a little more.

Nova: Mars Dead or Alive

First things first: The peak of the Perseid meteor shower is today.

I recently watched "Nova: Mars Dead or Alive", a documentary on the Mars Rover missions. This was the second time I watched this video. Both times, I found this video both educational and entertaining. I'm really impressed with the video. It was really great to see the development and struggles of Spirit and Opportunity. I found this documentary to be the of the highest quality. I highly recommend it.