Media Report

Otake, Tomoko. "Northern Lights' beauty on exgibition." The Japan Times 20.

Summary
2009 the International Year of Astronomy have made by astronomers and UNESCO because to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s pioneering research. Photo exhibition; “Auroras Viewed from the Universe” is opened in Shinjuku. The photo exhibition is one of a long list of events tied to the campaign and aimed at promoting people’s interest in observing the universe. High quality photo of a collision of the Sun’s particles with Earth’s magnetic field, and live video of auroras were sent in from Alaska.

Questions
1) Have you ever seen auroras?
2) Do you want to go the photo exhibition?
3) Have you ever been to Alaska?

Words
UNESCO 国連教育文化機関
Pioneering 先駆的な
Collision　衝突
Particles　小さな微粒子
magnetic　磁気を帯びた