Starquake app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Magnificent Library
First release : 03 Nov 2008
App size: 79.81 Mb
Starquake packs the worlds finest, most amazing footage of the Sun onto your iPhone and iPod Touch. Just a swipe of the finger - no waiting, no searching, just the sun, right in the palm of your hand.
Have you ever HEARD the sun? You will with Starquake.
View the latest real time imagery of our star the sun, otherwise known as Sol. Listen to the sun sing in actual recordings retrieved from a process of measuring the vibrations of the surface of the sun, and reproducing these sound waves at a speed audible by human ears! Get instant access to a wealth of great information about our most favored star. See the explosive power of the largest solar flare event ever recorded; View up-close footage of an immense sun-spot; Grab some 3D Glasses to see the massive rotating star in 3D. Watch a spectacular image of the the moon transit across the face of the Sun. Take in the beauty of the colors of Sol captured through different wavelengths. Experience an awesome collection of Solar events.
Starquake incorporates extensive full-motion video footage combined with authentic sound from the Sun, and is best experienced using headphones.
- Plug in your earphones to learn what the surface of the Sun sounds like
- Dust off your Cyan/Red 3D-glasses and see the sun in 3D in the palm your hands
- Learn about and experience the beauty of our closest star in hi-res detail
- Only those screens marked as "actual sound of the sun" let you hear actual sound waves produced on the sun, measured by earth instrumentation, and processed to play back at a rate audible to the human ear. These are actual sound waves measured from the surface of the sun, and reproduced right in Starquake!