The nearest star

Duration: 0:33:00

Year Published: 1963

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | McGraw-Hill Book Company: Distributor | National Academy of Science: Presenter

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Portrays the unique and critical role of the sun in the drama of our own planet. Traces the history of man's study of the sun, and explains how solar towers, rockets, and balloons are used in the study of the sun. Describes the communications system established by the National Bureau of Standards to coordinate work on solar disturbances and their enhanced X radiations and particle streams.

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