Genesis

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light - Genesis 1:3

The light is amazing. Today was the first time I saw the Sun live through a solar telescope; two solar telescopes, in fact. We have one large one with a white light filter that allows a spectacular view of the Photosphere (the first layer of the Sun's atmosphere that gives off light), and a second telescope with a hydrogen-alpha filter that allows us to view the Chromosphere (The h-alpha filter filters out most of the wavelengths of light, allowing through only the specific wavelength given off by the Chromosphere. On that, we can see any coronal mass ejections - solar flares - in progress).

Yeah! Science!

By the way, there were a few sunspots in view today. Each were slightly larger than the Earth.

The best part of the day, though, was seeing any kids that came through go, "Whoa!" when I showed them a scale model of the Earth up next to the sunspots... or told them that it's 10,000 degrees on the surface.

I have a few other projects I'll be working on, I'm just not sure what I can share just yet. I can't wait to prepare kids for more "Whoa" moments