Polar Explorations. Episode 2, Seasons at the Poles.
Material type:![Film](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/VM.png)
- two-dimensional moving image
- computer
- online resource
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Film
In Process Record.
Edward M. Murphy, Fen Montaigne, Michael E. Wysession, Ralph Lee Hopkins, Sylvia A. Earle
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015.
In the latitudes where most of us live, it's easy to take the sun for granted. For us, the sun comes up and goes down reliably every day, yet the poles experience six months each of continuous night and constant day. What causes the seemingly strange behavior of the sun at the poles? What causes seasons? Find out in this lecture presented by astronomy professor Edward Murphy.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English