Highlights: The Maya Calendar - Mark Hammergren, PhDEpisode 131 - January 17, 2012
Jan 17, 2012
In this episode: Just what is the Maya Calendar and does it really foretell the doom of civilization?
FRIDAY THE 13TH AURORAS: Who says Friday the 13th is unlucky? Just look how the day began in Tromsø, Norway:
“Friday the 13th started very luckily indeed!” says photographer Antony Spencer. “We enjoyed an incredible display of auroras for five hours. The lights were so bright, even the snow turned green.”
The auroras were sparked by the onset of a solar wind stream (~550 km/s), which reached Earth during the early hours of Jan. 13th. More geomagnetic activity is possible tonight as the solar wind continues to blow.
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Gemini XI, Hasselblad 500c, NASA/JSC/Arizona State University
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Up-to-date night sky activity beginning January 3, 2012 through January 16, 2012.
Highlights: 2012: What to Expect in Spaceflight - Michelle Nichols
In this episode: It might seem that there isn’t much going on in spaceflight now that the Shuttle has been retired but 2012 is packed full with all sorts of fantastic space adventures!
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