Hisako Koyama Tracked Sunspots For Almost Half A Century

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

International Astronomy Day is coming up this weekend, so we’re talking about Hisako Koyama, an astronomer who hand-drew tens of thousands of daily observations of the sun and its spots. Plus: there's a remote spot in the African country of Namibia where you can hear the Toto song "Africa" on an endless loop.

This Japanese ‘hidden figure’ enlightened the world with her sunspot sketches (PBS NewsHour)

Africa by Toto to play on eternal loop 'down in Africa' (BBC)

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