Thanks for coming! We've put together an interesting website here that
we hope you enjoy. It is a gallery of solar physics images that are in
some way connected with the physics department here at Montana
State University. The page also includes movie files, cartoons, data
plots, and more.
Purpose
This site has two main purposes. First of all, it is intended to convey
onto anyone surfing the web the sheer beauty of the imagery of solar physics.
But these images are more than just fun to look at: they tell us about
the workings of the sun itself.
The second purpose of this site is to serve as a resource for prospective
students (or anyone else who is interested!) to see the connection between
the work our professors and students do here in beautiful Bozeman, Montana,
and these stunning images. For example, you will see pictures of "S"
shaped flares on the Sun which MSU Solar Scientists Richard
Canfield and Dave
McKenzie discovered to be precursors to Coronal Mass Ejections. All
the pictures have, or are soon to have, captions explaining how they relate
to the work done in our physics department.
Site Navigation
To get to the contents of this site, use the left hand navigation menu.
If you get lost, you can click on our logo in the upper left hand corner
at any time to return you here. For easy access to all parts of the site,
click on "Site Map" in the lefthand column. Many pages have a navigation
bar located at the bottom to further increase ease of use.