Cosmic Journeys
Season 1 • Episode 2: Attack of the Sun • Watch with subtitles
Episode 2: Attack of the Sun
July 27, 2009 • 24 min
Massive solar eruptions take aim at our high-tech society. 93 million miles away... an angry sun vents its rage. Dark regions, called sunspots, appeared unexpectedly on its surface... a sign of rising tension within. It had been three and a half years since the sun last erupted in fury...at the peak of an 11-year cycle of solar flare-ups.
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