Cosmic Colors: An Adventure Along the Spectrum
Show Description
Discover why the sky is blue, Mars is red and why things appear the colors they do.
Then step into the invisible universe to investigate the electromagnetic energy all around us from the infrared light of a roaring fire to the x-rays emitted by a black hole.
Accessibility
Open captioning is available for this pre-recorded program upon request. Captioning
is not available for the live spoken portion of the program.
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Teacher's Guide
This downloadable teachers’ guide is provided by the Great Plains Planetarium Association. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.