| HELIOPHYSICS PICTURE OF THE WEEK
"Overactive Sun"
This beautiful rendering of an extremely active star was created by
Pankaj Agarwal of Meerut Cantt, India. It was the winning
January 2006 entry in the Sunworks Art program. Works by this talented artist and many
others are featured in Sunworks!
Credit: Pankaj Agarwal |
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| IHY OBSERVATORY OF THE WEEK
AIM
The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) Mission was launched April 25
to study Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs), also called noctilucent clouds, to
find out why they form and why they are changing. Noctiucent means
"night shining," as these clouds are 50 miles high in a layer of the atmosphere called the mesosphere. Also unlike normal clouds, these clouds can only be seen near twilight, when the sun is just below the horizon and the sky is
dark.
Learn more about AIM
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| IHY PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK
Cheyenne Carson
This photo of artist Cheyenne Carson was taken at the U.S. premier of the
Sunworks Art exhibit
in the city hall of Grand Junction, Colorado.
Cheyenne created her mixed-media work,
"Egyptian Sun Goddess" from a mold using her own face. Cheyenne is one
of the many talented artists featured in the traveling Sunworks exhibit.
Sunworks may be coming to a town near you!
Photo Credit: Jim Stryder
More information
on the Sunworks exhibit
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