References and Thanks

A big thanks to Jim Raines, Thomas Zurbuchen, Nathan Schwadron, Pei Chungfeng, Pat Koehn, Alysha Reinard, Sue Lepri and Jessica Hovater for all their help in putting this together.  It would not have happened without them.
 

Picture Credits

Welcome

Fred Espenak

www.phy.mtu.edu/apod/ap990915.html

The Solar Wind

Steve Mercer

Space Science Institute

www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/images/Gusts/geospace.gif

Solar Activity

NASA

science.msfc.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/solar/images/limb_flare.jpg

NASA/European Space Agency SOHO satellite

www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s439.htm

High Altitude Observatory NCAR--Solar Maximum Mission

umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/spartan/the_corona.html

Effects of the Solar Wind

techserv.umd.edu/pub/Images/Space/Aurora/i7.jpg

NASA

images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/STS39/10064168.htm

www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/images/Aurora/4phases.gif

Jan Curtis

www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/images/aurora/jan.curtis/index5.html

www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/images/aurora/jan.curtis/index2.html

Spacecraft

Beth Napier

cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/lessons/indiv/beth/beth_intro.html

NASA

helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/ace/gallery.html

www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/wind/

sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/gallery/SC

heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/ulysses/ulysses_launch.gif

Instruments

esa SP-1050, pg.67

helio.estec.esa.nl/uds01/uls_01_a/Docs/Swoops/Swoops.htm#FIGURE10

space.umd.edu/umd_sensors/swics.html

NASA

helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/ace/swims_sm.tif

End

i11www.ira.uka.de/Icons/iconlib/smiley/smiley.html

Core

NASA

observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/sun/graphics/sun8.jpg

Radiative Zone

Jamie Love

www.synapses.co.uk/astro/starstru.html

Convective Zone

NASA

orpheus.nascom.nasa.gov/~kucera/explore/lessons/convection.html

Photosphere

Liverpool Telescope

telescope.livjm.ac.uk/schools/news/astro/sspot.htm

Transition Region and Coronal Explorer

canopy.lmsal.com/schryver/Public/homepage/coolstar/images3.html

Corona

NASA

umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/spartan/the_corona.html

www.spacescience.com/headlines/images/stormwarning/fullhalo_c3_big.gif

www.xxm.ac.uk/brochure/P3.html

Recent Solar Events Animations

Courtesy of SOHO.  SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA.

Visions of the Sun

Chinese and Japanese flags: Antonio Martins
Greek flag: Edward Mooney

from Flags Of The World

Helios taken by Maicar Forlag

from Greek Mythology Link

 

Egypt flag courtesy of ITA's Flags of All Countries used with permission.


 
 
 

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