Audiobooklets & Sonification
The biggest part of our work is production of audio booklets on various topics. We focus on topics that are related to space weather and yet, considering that space weather itself is not a part of highschool education, are taught in secondary schools.
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The audiobooklets were produced by pur team at BIRA-IASB, and reviewed by teachers and students from De Kade.
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You can listen to the audio booklets and sounds directly here. If you would like to know what tactile images and 3D model scan accompany the audio booklets, visit the section Topics.
The Aurora audiobooklet offers a rich, descriptive audio journey into one of nature’s most fascinating phenomena. It explains how auroras are formed, their connection to solar activity, and how we observe them from Earth.
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Designed to support learners with blindness or visual impairment, but it is accessible and engaging for all audiences.
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Author: BIRA-IASB, Space Weather Team
The following sonification of the aurora was created from video captured aboard the International Space Station, orbiting more than 400 km above Earth. In the audio, the lower notes represent red auroral emissions, the mid-range notes correspond to green, and the highest notes indicate the appearance of blue.
Sound Designer: Denis Flueraru,
ATOMAT LAB SRL
Sonification: Aurora #2
The following sonification of the aurora was created from a timelapse video recorded near a lake in Finland. As the aurora dances across the night sky, its colors are translated into sound: the lower notes represent red, the mid-range notes correspond to green, and the highest notes indicate the appearance of blue.
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Sound Designer: Denis Flueraru,
ATOMAT LAB SRL
The audiobook The Atmosphere explores the thin but vital layer of gas that protects our planet. It describes the structure of the atmosphere – from the troposphere to the ionosphere – and explains how it absorbs harmful radiation while allowing light and heat to pass through.
Additionally, it highlights the role of the ionosphere in radio communication, the influence of space weather on the various layers, and the importance of protecting our atmosphere against pollution and climate change.
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Author: BIRA-IASB, Space Weather Team
The audiobook The Sun takes the listener on an imaginative journey through the universe and then zooms in on our nearest star. It explains how stars are born, what plasma is, why the Sun shines, and how nuclear fusion in its core keeps it stable.
Additionally, it explores solar activity, such as sunspots, solar wind, and space weather, and shows how our active star influences the entire solar system.
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Author: BIRA-IASB, Space Weather Team​​
Audiobooklet: Solar Storms
The audiobook Solar Storms explores the spectacular and sometimes dangerous eruptions on the Sun. Using historical events—such as the one of May 1967—it explains what solar flares, coronal mass ejections, energetic particles, and geomagnetic storms are.
The listener discovers how solar storms originate, how they travel through space, and how they can disrupt radio signals, satellites, power grids, and navigation systems on Earth.
Author: BIRA-IASB, Space Weather Team