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Space Weather: What Impact Do Solar Flares
Have on Human Activities?
Read "The Mysterious Origins of Solar Flares"
in the April, 2006, issue of Scientific American
Assemble
a Paper Model
of the RHESSI Spacecraft
(Requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
Use
the knowledge you gain from these pages to solve the
Solar Flare Theory Crossword Puzzle
Other
Web sites and some good, old-fashioned books that contain information about the Sun
Several of the web pages in
this site contain short video animations in Video for Windows
(AVI) and MPEG format. These are best viewed with your video player set to continuously
cycle (Auto Repeat) the video.
Next:
What is a Solar Flare?
These
web pages contain hyperlinks to terms in a solar physics glossary. Choose
this link (if your browser supports frames) to view the glossary simultaneously
with subsequent pages, starting with "What is a Solar Flare?".
Table of Contents
Pages Posted: September 23, 1996
Last Revised: August 1, 2007
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