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Confession time…
I have always been fascinated and intrigued by thunder and lightning!
Why? Because few things in nature are better at combining incredible beauty with feelings of danger and fear.
Some folks think I’m off my rocker when I tell them I enjoy sitting on my porch and taking in the “show” of a thunderstorm that’s playing out in real time before my very eyes. [Read more…]
As the earth spins on its axis, half of the planet’s surface is always facing the sun (day) while the other half is dark (night).
This line where day and night meet is called the terminator, and it’s quite interesting indeed.
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to view the night sky out in country where there’s no light pollution you probably noticed how the stars seemed to be twinkling.
The thousands of twinkling stars that shine down from the heavens have been fascinating and mesmerizing us humans all throughout our long history.
But there’s a strange truth about those twinkling stars: They don’t really twinkle at all.
Have you ever sat and contemplated the vastness of the universe?
As you well know, we earthlings inhabit a single planet that orbits a single star.
But consider this…
You’re probably aware that some animals are albino which makes them solid white in color.
But did you know there’s an opposite of the albino trait that makes the animals that have it (more or less) solid black?