Solarmax

00:00:44 We're at the edge of a spiral galaxy,-

00:02:25 Sunrise on the shortest day of the year; the winter solstice.

00:03:56 For us, it is the great engine of life.

00:05:44 The Sun is 400 times bigger than the Moon.

00:07:01 The Sun Gate at Tihuanaco in Bolivia.

00:08:07 -too late, and it would never ripen.

00:09:15 -who drove his chariot across the sky.

00:10:20 -a young astronomer struggled here with the contradictions ofAristotle-

00:11:34 The Sun was at the center.

00:13:08 ...to peer into the heart of the Sun.

00:14:31 As each element burns,-

00:15:58 -and showed how eIectrons from the Sun-

00:17:53 -built in England and France for the European Space Agency,-

00:18:55 -at a million miles an hour...

00:20:20 Every aspect of our civilization-

00:21:50 Thousands moved there, but then the Sun grew quiet-

00:23:25 -brings us a view of the Sun-

00:24:57 This is what we call the surface of the Sun,-

00:25:53 A surprising discovery was the singing of the Sun.

00:27:34 -from the bow wave to the distant taiI.

00:28:56 It was like trying to raise a submarine with a fishing line.

00:30:45 -can enter the inner shrine.

00:32:08 It set a new world record - and poses a new challenge:

02:00:00 launched since the last Solar Maximum.