A New Kind of Explosion on the Sun
- Visualizations by:
- Tom Bridgman
- Written by:
- Mara Johnson-Groh
- Produced by:
- Genna Duberstein
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Music Credit: Light Hearted Angst by Dewey Dellay
Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Visualizer
- Tom Bridgman (GST) [Lead]
Writer
- Mara Johnson-Groh (Wyle Information Systems) [Lead]
Scientist
- Abhishek Srivastava (Indian Institute of Technology)
Producers
- Genna Duberstein (ADNET) [Lead]
- Genna Duberstein (ADNET)
Narrator
- Chris Smith (KBRwyle)
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET)
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