Sun-Earth Day 2003
News story originally written on March 14, 2003
March 18, 2003 is Sun-Earth Day! Sun-Earth Day is a national celebration of the Sun, the space around the Earth (geospace), and how all of it affects life on our planet. In classrooms, museums, planetariums, and at NASA centers, we plan to have a blast sharing stories, images, and activities related to the Sun-Earth connections in our solar system.
Please see the links below for more information on how to participate in Sun-Earth Day. Also, enjoy Sun-Earth web pages with further reading, classroom activities, Flip Books, FAQ's and GAMES!
This image shows views of the Sun and the Earth at two different time periods in history.
Going from left to right, top to bottom, you see the Sun as depicted by the Anasazi around 1000 A.D.,
the Sun as seen from a satellite around 2000 A.D., the Earth as the Islamic artists depicted it around 1000 A.D.,
and the Earth as viewed from Apollo 11 around 2000 A.D. A lot can change in a thousand years!
Click on image for full size (61K GIF)
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Official Sun-Earth Day siteSun-Earth Web Resources (Further Reading...)
ACE Mission UpdateAll about the EarthAll about the SunThe AuroraThe Earth's AtmosphereThe Earth's MagnetosphereEarth Space MissionsMythology about the EarthSolar ActivitySolar MissionsSolar MythologySolar NewsSpace Physics and Aeronomy Research CollaboratorySpaceweather.comSpace Weather TodayStanford Solar CenterSun Earth Connection Education ForumSunspots and the Solar CycleUlysses Mission UpdateSun-Earth Web Resources (Real-time Data and Images...)
Earth Image Archive
LASCO/EIT Real-Time Movies of the SunLatest 48 hours of Solar Wind Data - Live from College ParkReal-Time Solar ImagesReal-Time Solar Wind DataReal-Time Solar Wind Monitoring by the ACE SpacecraftSPARC Real-Time Solar-Terrestial ConditionsSolar Image ArchiveSun-Earth Flip Books
Aurora Flip Book Spectacular northern lights on July 14, 2000Aurora Oval Flip Book See the auroral oval brighten and then dim again...CME Flip Book A coronal mass ejection for the July 14, 2000 storm!Another CME Flip Book Triple threat coronal mass ejection!Solar Eruption Flip Book A powerful prominence from 1999!Solar Flare Flip Book Make a flipbook of one of the brightest flares of the decade!Sun-Earth Games
Order it Up: Solar System Edition
Junk in SpaceColor the EarthColor the SunSolar ConcentrationSolar Word SearchSun-Earth Flip BooksSun and Earth Adlib StoriesWeather Crossword PuzzleSun FAQ's
Fun with the SunSun QuickiesEarth FAQ's
Extraordinary EarthEarth QuickiesSun & Earth Classroom Activities
Auroras Blackout!!! Comparison Activities for the Sun Create a Tornado Create Your Own Cloud Create Your Own Fog Create Your Own Lightning Create Your Own Thermometer Daytime Astronomy Graphing Sunspot Cycles The Hidden Picture Latent Heat and Clouds Let's Take a Rock Apart! Lunar Lollipops The Magnetometer Make it Rain! Mechanical Weathering Lab Observing the Sun Our Sun Pangaea Puzzle Paper Magnetosphere Par 5 Plotting Sunspot Activity Shadows... The Singing Sun Solar Events Spectral Surprise Solarscapes Sun-Earth Flip Books Sun and Weather Tracking an Active Sunspot Region Tetrahedron Model Thunder and Lightning Watch the Sky Weather and Careers Exercise 
