Acknowledgements
This free course was written and produced by:
Authors and presenters; Jo Jarvis, Alan Cayless, Simon Clark, Stella Bradbury, Ulrich Kolb, Meredith Morrell, Colin Snodgrass.
Programmers; Geoff Austin, James Smith.
Contributors; thanks to Helen Fraser for advice and guidance
Contributors; Angela Lamont and Andrew Rix – filming and video production.
IAC/ODT; Miquel Serra-Ricart, Nayra Rodrigues-Eugenio, Rafael Rebolo.
With thanks to the staff and facilities of the IAC and ODT for their support and cooperation in the filming and production of this Badged Open Course.
Videos Section 2.2 and 2.3: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
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Figures
Figure 1: © NASA
Figure 2: Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams
Figure 3: Alamy
Figure 4: © NASA
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Figure 6: taken from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#/media/File:Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg
Figure 7 and 8: © Alan Cayless
Video
Video 2: Activity 3; NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; The Sun in Ultra-High Definition (4k) Video; https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12034
Video 3: © NASA,SDO
Video 4: © Alan Cayless
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