Welcome to Michael Carlowicz's

Place in the Sun

"Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the Sun...ohh, but Mama that's where the fun is." -- Bruce Springsteen, "Blinded by the Light"

Click here to read about The Sun, a photographic journey to our nearest star...from our ancient, sun-worshipping past to our star-hopping future. (© 2006, Harry N Abrams Books)

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do." -- attributed to Galileo Galilei

Click here to read about Storms from the Sun: The Emerging Science of Space Weather, a popular science story about the mysterious effects the Sun can have on Earth and on the technologies that we treasure. (© 2002, The Joseph Henry Press)

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp

Or what's a heaven for?"

     -- Robert Browning, "Andrea del Sarto"