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Transit of Venus: Transit of Venus: Sonification (Clip)
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Exploratorium composer Wayne Grim used the video of the transit to create a sound composition in real time. As the video signal was received by Wayne's computer, a program he wrote converted the signal into a unique aural experience. http://www.waynegrim.com
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 12, 2012
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art Astronomy
Keywords: transit of venus sonification music audio wayne grim
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 12, 2012
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art Astronomy
Keywords: transit of venus sonification music audio wayne grim
Transit of Venus: Transit of Venus 2012: 1st and 2nd Contact (Clip)
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Watch the beginning of Venus’s transit across the disk of the sun, one of the rarest astronomical events.
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 5, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: transit of venus, solar viewing, solar flares, astronomy, space, science, live, webcast, sun-viewer, telescopes, hawaii, mauna loa,
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 5, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: transit of venus, solar viewing, solar flares, astronomy, space, science, live, webcast, sun-viewer, telescopes, hawaii, mauna loa,
Transit of Venus: Transit of Venus 2012: 3rd and 4th Contact (Clip)
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Watch the conclusion of Venus’s 6.5-hour journey across the disk of the sun, one of the rarest astronomical events.
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 5, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: transit of venus, solar viewing, solar flares, astronomy, space, science, live, webcast, sun-viewer, telescopes, hawaii, mauna loa,
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 5, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: transit of venus, solar viewing, solar flares, astronomy, space, science, live, webcast, sun-viewer, telescopes, hawaii, mauna loa,
Transit of Venus: Mauna Loa Observatory (Clip)
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Learn about NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii, the location of the Exploratorium’s June 5, 2012, webcast of the transit of Venus. A leading atmospheric research facility, the observatory has been collecting and monitoring data relating to atmospheric change since the 1950s. Dr John Barnes, the Station Chief for the observatory, describes the functions of the MLO, which provides valuable long-term and continuous recording of data.
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 1, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: transit of venus, mauna loa observatory
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 1, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: transit of venus, mauna loa observatory
Transit of Venus: A Short History of the Keeling Curve (Clip)
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Dr. John Barnes, Station Manager of NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory, shares the history of Charles Keeling's pioneering carbon dioxide measurements, which have been taken continually at Mauna Loa since 1958.
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 1, 2012
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: noaa, mauna loa, observatory, charles keeling, carbon tracking, keeling curve, exploratorium, transit of venus, climate change
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 1, 2012
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: noaa, mauna loa, observatory, charles keeling, carbon tracking, keeling curve, exploratorium, transit of venus, climate change
Miscellaneous: How to Build a Sun Viewer (Clip)
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Senior Exploratorium Scientist, Paul Doherty demonstrates how you can make your own sun viewer. You can safely view sunspots, eclipses and transits with this equipment that you may have laying around the house!
To learn more about the upcoming Transit of Venus visit: http://www.exploratorium.edu/venus/question3.html
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: February 16, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: transit of venus, solar viewing, solar flares, do-it-yourself sun viewer,
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: February 16, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: transit of venus, solar viewing, solar flares, do-it-yourself sun viewer,
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Transit of Mercury: Transit of Mercury Pre-Program (Webcast)
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00:24:36
Join Exploratorium staff Paul Doherty and Robyn Higdon as they discuss the Transit of Mercury.
Project: Transit of Mercury | Browse All
Date: November 8, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy
Keywords: mercury, transit, exosphere, orbit, sun, first contact, eclipse, sunspot, solar flare
Project: Transit of Mercury | Browse All
Date: November 8, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy
Keywords: mercury, transit, exosphere, orbit, sun, first contact, eclipse, sunspot, solar flare
| Real: 225K |
Transit of Mercury: Transit of Mercury (Webcast)
Running Time:
05:12:09
05:12:09
On November 8, 2006, Mercury slowly slid across the face of the sun during a relatively rare event known as a transit. The Exploratorium's Live@ crew was at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona to cover the event. This webcast includes a brief history of Kitt Peak and its 21 telescopes.
Project: Transit of Mercury | Browse All
Date: November 8, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy
Keywords: mercury, transit, kitt peak national observatory, exosphere, orbit, sun, first contact, eclipse, sunspot, solar flare
Project: Transit of Mercury | Browse All
Date: November 8, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy
Keywords: mercury, transit, kitt peak national observatory, exosphere, orbit, sun, first contact, eclipse, sunspot, solar flare
| Real: 225K |
Science of Gardening: Peter's Savage Garden (Clip)
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At the age of eleven, Peter D'Amato ordered a Venus flytrap from Famous Monsters magazine; thus began a lifetime of cultivating carnivorous plants. His small apartment became an urban jungle, so he moved to Sebastopol, California, the home of California Carnivores, where he grows and sells hundreds of other-worldly plants whose traps range from those small enough to capture protozoa to those big enough to contain a rodent.
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: carnivorous plant, urban gardening, venus flytrap,
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: carnivorous plant, urban gardening, venus flytrap,
| Links: | California Carnivores Website |
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Science of Gardening: Venus Flytrap Feast (Clip)
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Peter D'Amato of California Carnivores gives us a guided tour of the Venus Flytrap, one of the world's best-known carnivorous plants.
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: venus flytrap, carnivorous plant, gardening, sebastopol,
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Gardening | Browse All
Date: May 15, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: venus flytrap, carnivorous plant, gardening, sebastopol,
| Links: | California Carnivores Website |
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