NASA | Top Solar Discoveries: #3

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A countdown of the top 5 solar discoveries from the Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. These include the discoveries of sunspots, the solar cycle, the heliosphere, aurora formation, and space weather.

Number 3 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the finding of how the auroras form from magnetic reconnection.

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[SaganAppreciationSoc]

The language start to get very... artsy at about 1:14 :-(

Ignite? You really want to confuse people with that?

[isurfvan]

a celestial dance..hahaha

[TomPaineII]

An earthquake in the sky....now thats poetry! Thank you NASA!

[you1my1]

iwant see it bout im in mildest arabia isaw ufo onlyسلام عليكم

[Qtyled]

They occur in the southern hemisphere too, but very south ( Antarctica, but sometimes further north). They are known as Aurora Australis.

[zaneyboy10]

i want to see those but i live in the southen hemephere

[Forkboy193]

I see them about every night when it's winter. I'm so glad that I live here, even though it's cold.

[kahnicles]

i dunno, compared to the other ones, this wa pretty boring

[AGuyOnDaCouch]

very nice videos. just wish there was a little more to them.

[tomoblivion]

good facts :]