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Secrets of the Sun (2012)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 54M

Director : Duncan Copp

Synopsis

It contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. The temperature at its core is a staggering 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. It convulses, it blazes, it sings. You know it as the sun. Scientists know it as one of the most amazing physics laboratories in the universe.

Actors

Lance Lewman
Lance Lewman
Narrator
Holly Gilbert
Holly Gilbert
Herself - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Bill Murtagh
Bill Murtagh
Himself - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Center
Jim Green
Jim Green
Himself - NASA Planetary Science
Todd Hoeksema
Todd Hoeksema
Himself - Stanford University
Sarah Gibson
Sarah Gibson
Herself - National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory
Scott McIntosh
Scott McIntosh
Himself - National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory
Karel Schrjiver
Karel Schrjiver
Himself - Lockheed Martin
W. Dean Pesnell
W. Dean Pesnell
Himself - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Luc Peterson
Luc Peterson
Himself - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Phillip Chamberlin
Phillip Chamberlin
Himself - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Crews

Duncan Copp
Duncan Copp
Director
Paula S. Apsell
Paula S. Apsell
Executive Producer
John B. Bredar
John B. Bredar
Executive Producer
Laurie Cahalane
Laurie Cahalane
Coordinating Producer
David Condon
David Condon
Development Producer
Duncan Copp
Duncan Copp
Producer
Sarah Kinsella
Sarah Kinsella
Associate Producer
Lisa Mirowitz
Lisa Mirowitz
Producer
Pamela Rosenstein
Pamela Rosenstein
Development Producer
Karinna Sjo-Gaber
Karinna Sjo-Gaber
Associate Producer
Howard Swartz
Howard Swartz
Executive Producer
Stephen Sweigart
Stephen Sweigart
Supervising Producer
Melanie Wallace
Melanie Wallace
Producer
Philip Sheppard
Philip Sheppard
Music
David Fairhead
David Fairhead
Editor

Trailers and other movies

NOVA | Secrets of the Sun

Posters and backgrounds

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