Aired (June 2, 2024): AHA-lam n'yo ba na may mga funambulist o mga taong naglalakad sa tightrope sa bansa? Isa na riyan si Edgar o ang tinaguriang Boy Alambre ng Agusan del Norte!
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00:00 Have you ever thought that a wishing star is another star?
00:04 Don't worry, my friends.
00:08 Because we got you!
00:09 Because this morning, we will not only know the answer to our new questions,
00:14 we will also give you a list of coolest things about stars that you might not know about.
00:27 Stars are balls of gas that shine and look like they are looking up at the sky.
00:33 But...
00:34 The first thing on our list is related to a familiar nursery rhyme.
00:49 Did you know that stars don't really twinkle in the sky?
00:53 What?
00:54 The twinkling effect of a star is called stellar scintillation,
00:59 which is a result of the Earth's atmosphere.
01:01 It's like when you see a lamp from a distance,
01:04 even if it's a big light,
01:06 and when you pass through your finger like this,
01:10 you see it twinkle,
01:13 even if the lamp is not really twinkling.
01:16 It's the same with our atmosphere.
01:18 The dust in our atmosphere,
01:21 and the turbulence that swirls in our atmosphere,
01:26 is what causes the stars to twinkle when you're in outer space.
01:30 Star trivia number 2.
01:37 Our sun is a dwarf star.
01:39 Yes, my friends.
01:41 In case you don't know,
01:42 our sun is a star.
01:44 And it's classified as a dwarf star.
01:48 Scientists made our classification system.
01:52 When they studied stars in the early 20th century,
01:56 they found that some stars are much bigger than the sun.
02:00 So they called them giant stars.
02:03 And all the stars that are not giant are dwarfs.
02:07 Compared to giant or supergiant stars,
02:10 the sun is relatively small.
02:13 Other stars can be hundreds or thousands times bigger than this.
02:18 But star trivia number 3.
02:21 Every star you see in the night sky is bigger and brighter than the sun.
02:25 Did you know that all the stars that you see in the night sky
02:29 are bigger and brighter than the sun?
02:31 The primary reason for this is its distance.
02:34 At a distance of 93 million miles,
02:37 or 150 million kilometers from Earth,
02:39 the sun is the closest star from us.
02:42 That's why it looks big to us.
02:44 Stars are really far.
02:46 They are so far that we don't use kilometers or miles
02:51 to know their distance.
02:53 Sometimes we use the unit of light year.
02:57 Light year is the distance that the light travels in one year.
03:03 Sometimes stars can reach hundreds of light years away,
03:07 or even thousands of light years away.
03:09 So, the distance that the light travels in one year
03:12 is even thousands of light years away.
03:14 That's how far stars are.
03:16 Usually, the stars that we see in the sky
03:19 are the brightest and the biggest
03:21 that can reach their starlight on Earth
03:24 even if they are still far away.
03:26 But star trivia number 4.
03:31 A red star is cold. A blue star is hot.
03:34 Did you know that the color of stars in the sky
03:37 is a clue of their temperature?
03:39 Stars have five colors.
03:41 Blue, white, yellow, orange, and red.
03:43 The coldest stars are the reddish stars.
03:47 The hottest stars are the bluish stars.
03:53 The blue star emits light with shorter wavelengths.
03:57 While the red star emits light with longer wavelengths.
04:01 Kelvin is measured to have a symbol K,
04:04 the standard international unit of thermodynamic temperature,
04:07 the temperature of stars.
04:10 But star trivia number 5.
04:12 You cannot see millions of stars.
04:14 We cannot see millions of stars in the sky
04:18 like what they say in movies and songs.
04:20 On a good night,
04:22 a person with very good eyesight
04:24 can see 2000 to 2500 stars at once.
04:28 But star trivia number 6.
04:30 Wishing stars are actually not stars.
04:33 And now, the answer to our previous question.
04:37 Wishing stars are not stars,
04:40 but meteor or small rocks or particles
04:43 from space that enter the Earth's atmosphere.
04:46 When they fall to the Earth,
04:48 they scratch the Earth's atmosphere.
04:50 When you scratch your hand,
04:52 it gets hot due to friction.
04:54 So, when they scratch the atmosphere,
04:56 they get very hot.
04:58 And when they get hot,
04:59 that's when they shine.
05:01 We can see that they glow for a very long time.
05:05 They glow for a short while.
05:08 And they say, "Hey, there's a shooting star."
05:10 But in reality,
05:11 they are just rocks in the sky that are falling.
05:14 Meteors can be seen anytime of the year.
05:17 But it's more often to be visible
05:19 when there are meteor showers
05:21 that happen when the Earth passes through
05:23 the debris left by comets and asteroids.
05:26 It's really amazing to see stars in the sky.
05:30 And in our continued study of these,
05:32 we can discover more
05:34 about how the universe started.
05:37 Aha!
05:39 We met a man
05:41 who was just carrying a growing piece.
05:45 And he was carrying it while crossing the...
05:48 Alhambra!
05:49 Wow!
05:52 Wow!
05:53 Oh,
06:09 did you see that?
06:11 It's high, right?
06:13 [laughs]
06:15 I don't think I can do that.
06:18 Papa?
06:20 It's better if we get to know Boy Alhambra first.
06:24 This is Edgar Sabado Jr.,
06:28 or more commonly known as Boy Alhambra.
06:31 He was named that way
06:36 because of his ability to carry.
06:38 He's from Alhambra.
06:40 Alhambra almost became Edgar's hometown.
06:47 He can carry things here,
06:49 and carry and wear clothes,
06:51 sit,
06:57 eat,
07:01 and play the guitar.
07:03 He can even party.
07:05 Wow!
07:06 He's really a philatelist.
07:08 Edgar's amazing ability
07:11 started when he watched this
07:13 at his party when he was a kid.
07:15 I first practiced at my grandmother's party.
07:19 And when I saw this,
07:20 I was proud of myself
07:22 and I was different from the kids in the mountains.
07:25 I'm proud of myself.
07:27 I'm happy with the skills I learned.
07:33 Aha!
07:35 Aha!
07:36 Phenomenalism,
07:37 or tightrope walking,
07:39 is what Boy Alhambra does.
07:41 This is the art of walking
07:43 on a thin wire or a rock.
07:45 This art requires
07:47 a strong balance,
07:49 focus,
07:51 and skill.
07:53 Huh?
07:54 It's called
07:56 "phenombalist."
07:58 The earliest evidence of tightrope walking
08:00 is from ancient civilizations in China,
08:03 Egypt,
08:04 Greece,
08:05 and Italy.
08:06 Wow!
08:07 Boy Alhambra is doing it so hard.
08:12 Now,
08:13 with his focus and skill,
08:15 Boy Alhambra is able to meet
08:17 their daily needs.
08:19 But if he has free time,
08:23 he can balance on the tightrope.
08:26 Edgar,
08:32 you're here.
08:33 Hey,
08:35 I'm just here.
08:37 From lying down,
08:39 he can walk
08:41 while his hands are at his back.
08:43 He's also tried walking on a wire
08:51 that has two containers full of water.
08:54 Or even wearing shoes.
08:57 He can do all of this
08:59 from 10 feet up,
09:00 or even higher
09:02 without a harness.
09:04 Yay!
09:06 Edgar spends a lot of time
09:08 in practicing
09:10 to perfect his stunt.
09:12 The first three steps,
09:14 the second day of practice,
09:16 I raised it.
09:19 Even though the stunt is a circus,
09:22 he's often invited to parties.
09:24 People's reactions are different.
09:27 Some are happy with what I'm doing,
09:31 and some are scared.
09:32 Today,
09:37 Boy Alhambra and I will sample
09:39 a spectacular exhibition.
09:41 First, he'll walk on a wire
09:45 while passing by a long,
09:47 big, and heavy 20-kilo-structure.
09:50 Boy Alhambra's neighbors
10:04 seem to be excited.
10:07 He's not done yet.
10:08 He added another one,
10:10 and walked on it.
10:12 In total,
10:19 Boy Alhambra's weight is 35 to 40 kilos.
10:23 But even though he's adding more,
10:27 it still doesn't seem to be enough
10:29 for Alhambra's steps.
10:31 The wire's strength depends on
10:33 the material, diameter,
10:35 and type of construction.
10:37 A thicker wire is stronger.
10:39 Edgar's current weight is 1.6 millimeters.
10:44 A thing's strength is measured
10:46 by a tensile strength,
10:48 which is measured in megapascals.
10:51 Tensile strength is the most important
10:53 parameter of a wire.
10:55 It's the strength of the wire.
10:57 The tensile strength is the biggest stress
11:01 it can bear before it breaks.
11:03 A steel wire like Boy Alhambra's
11:05 has 370 to 460 megapascals.
11:09 A wire this strong can carry
11:11 almost 100 kilos or 2 bags of rice.
11:14 Boy Alhambra's next step
11:17 is to show it on camera.
11:19 He'll try to jump on a 20-feet-high wire.
11:23 Can he do it?
11:26 [gunshots]
11:28 To make sure Boy Alhambra's safety,
11:31 he'll put a harness on.
11:33 The rescue team will also assist him.
11:36 He'll climb up the wire.
11:40 It's too dangerous.
11:42 His companions will take their own video.
11:46 Boy Alhambra's journey
11:49 started a few moments ago.
11:51 [music]
11:53 Others are watching as the wire falls.
12:03 But how does a person
12:09 balance on a wire this strong?
12:11 According to an expert,
12:14 the concept of center of mass is related to this.
12:18 The center of mass is the point
12:21 where a thing can be described as stable.
12:26 The center of mass is important
12:30 to maintain stability.
12:34 In the case of a tightrope walker,
12:38 we can say that he needs to maintain
12:42 his center of mass directly on the rope
12:45 so that he won't fall while walking.
12:48 [gunshots]
12:51 Finally, our leader succeeded.
12:54 Thank you.
12:55 I'm amazed by Boy Alhambra's talent
12:58 because he has no talent here.
13:02 I want to show the world
13:06 that I can show my talent
13:10 to the world.
13:14 We would like to thank
13:16 UP Combrosoc Gandingan Awards
13:20 for recognizing AHA
13:22 as the Most Development Children's Program.
13:25 We hope you will have more fun learning
13:27 with the amazing team of Lingwingo.
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