Sun, Earth and Radio

Synopsis: An animated film showing how solar flares affect radio and television on earth; how gusts in the solar wind cause the aurora borealis and its associated phenomena, chorus and hiss, and how lightning in one hemisphere is transmuted into a whistler in the other.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 12 min. Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 12 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1980
Availability: Hire
Sale
Uses: 1st-year physics, astronomy, engineering; A-levels and colleges of further education; astronomical societies.*
Subjects: Astronomy
Keywords: aurora borealis; solar flares

Producer

Michael Paul

Writer

Roger Olivant; T Kaiser

Contributor

Michael Paul

Cast

T Kaiser

Name: University of Sheffield Learning & Teaching Services
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Notes: LeTS holds a back catalogue of high quality educational video programmes it has produced, all of which are available in DVD format. The 100+ titles cover most academic subject areas and contain valuable sequences in the form of animations and demonstrations. The DVDs are available to purchse from the university’s online store.

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