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from a spy glass to satellites our

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backyard to the very edge of our solar

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system every culture on every continent

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has observed the sun

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we have been searching for the answers

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to the mysteries of time and the seasons

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the web of life on earth and our place

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in the universe

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our sun has always been more than a ball

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of heat and light

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our sun through curious minds and

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innovative technology has allowed us to

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explore how the northern lights dance

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and how our solar system may have formed

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before sophisticated satellites brought

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us vibrant images and wavelengths beyond

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our senses people simply looked at the

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sun

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although he was not alone in his pursuit

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in 1609 galileo galilei pioneered the

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use of the telescope in order to observe

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his detailed sketches produced over the

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summer in 1612 revealed that the sun was

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not a static orb in the sky but a

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galileo's solar discoveries sparked an

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academic interest in the sun leading

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astronomers around the world to

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investigate how the sun shapes life on

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earth

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400 years later astronomers with

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increasingly complex satellite imagers