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    1. Brilliant Illuminations Let’s Talk About the SUN
    2. The basics
      • Why Study the Sun?
      • The climate connection
      • Space Weather
      • The sun as a STAR
      • The sun as a Physical Laboratory
    3. The Solar Dynamo
      • Magnetic Fields http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/magbfly.jpg
      • The Omega Effect http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/omega.gif
      • The Alpha Effect http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/alpha.gif
      • The Meridional Flow http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/theflows.gif
    4. A Word About Geomagnetic Activity
      • Geomagnetic Storms http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Magnetosphere_simple.jpg
      • Substorms
      • Aurora
    5. Sunspots
      • Sunspot numbers http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/zurich.gif
      • The Maunder Minimum http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/ssn_yearly.jpg
      • The Butterfly Diagram http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/bfly.gif
      • Sunspot Cycle Predictions http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/ssn_predict_l.gif
    6. The Solar Cycle
      • History
      • Impacts of the Solar cycle
      • Solar irradiance http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Solar-cycle-data.png
      • Short-wavelength radiation http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Yohkoh_solar_cycle.jpg
      • Geoeffective eruptive phenomena
      • Coronal Mass ejections http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/CoronalMassEjection.jpg
      • Solar Flares http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Solarflare_hinode.png
      • Cosmic Ray Flux
    7. Most recent Solar Cycle News
      • New Solar Cycle 24 http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/solarcycle24/newspot.jpg
      • Whoops! Old Cycle Return??? http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/mag450_strip.gif
      • CME of March 25 th 2008 http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/cme_c3_med.gif
      • Radio Burst- Type II http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/s20080325_1855ut_TypeII_Ashcraft.mp3
      • Radio Burst Charting http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=David-Thomas-080325182456_1206534597.jpg
      • Solar cycle Prediction http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/ssn_predict_l.gif
      • NASA Audio Old & New Solar Cycle http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/oldcycle/audio/story.mp3

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