The planets
Subtitle: Volume 3 : Star ; Atmosphere
By: a BBC/A & E network co-production
Contributors: British Broadcasting Corporation; Arts and Entertainment Network
Publisher: Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Planets
Other titles: Star & atmosphere; Star; Atmosphere
Description: "STAR: ... Step aboard the Skylab space station to probe the turbulent heart of [the Sun]. Plunge into the center of the Sun to witness the reactions driving its primordial atomic pulse. And observe the spectacle of massive solar flares capable of engulfing entire planets--including our own. ATMOSPHERE: ... An eye-opening exploration of otherworldly weather that reveals the surprising variety and force of atmospheric activity throughout the solar system."--Container.
Notes: Videodisc release of 1999 BBC Television broadcast.

Camera, John Adderley ... [et al.] ; original music, Jim Meacock ; film editor, Paul van Dyck ; series producer, David McNab.

A & E narrator, Karen Stone ; BBC narrator, Samuel West.

DVD.
Table of contents: title: Star. Observing the sun; title: A perfect disc; title: Fleeting chances; title: Colors of the sun; title: Skylab; title: Hale's dream; title: Northern lights; title: Conflicting theories; title: Looking for the limit; title: Inside the sun; title: Made of stardust; title: Atmosphere. A date with Jupiter; title: Project Excelsior; title: Falling to earth; title: Halo on Venus; title: 150 atmospheres; title: Atmosphere uncovered; title: 15 seconds of Mars; title: Viking space probe; title: The greenhouse effect; title: 300 year old storms; title: Galileo probe; title: The moon titan; title: Not what you expect.