Our Fantastic Sun

The sun arose at 6:50 this morning. I arose about the same time, and from our fourth floor apartment facing East could see it as it arose above the horizon. We will have this clear arising view until in December, when the sun arises from behind a building on the horizon. But soon after the the winter solstice (December 21, the shortest day in the year), we will be able to see the sun arise again as it heads back north. It is so amazing --the power of the sun, 93 million miles away and burning brightly for billions of years (forever, from our point of view)--and moving with such predictable regularity. We have a lot to learn from the sun. What comes to my mind is it being a role model for DEPENDABILITY. The next event concerning our sun occurs at 10:09 PM CDT September 22--the autumnal equinox. Then the nights and days are of approximate equal length all over the world. This is considered the beginning of Fall. An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the sun. The other equinox occurs March 20--the vernal equinox, considered the beginning of Spring.
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