The sun, moon and stars...
At the end of this, there is a video of the sun which is amazingly beautiful....
When one thinks over the generations of people from the beginning watching the same or changing sun and it still is there giving us light, warmth, it is mind boggling....but more than that, thinking of a creator who set it there for us, with just the right amount of distance, warmth, light that we should benefit from its presence, that is even more mind boggling...mysteries ....how does it continue to give of light, how does it "hang" there, why aren't we burned up by it presence....it was spoken into being and it was good...for us....by a Creator who had a plan, a design and even us in mind...that is too much for my mind to wrap around at times...the perfection, the beauty, the awe, the love....no accidents...no surprises...pure care...pure goodness...and words are not enough to describe...worship, not of the objects but of the creator, the lover of our souls...thank YOU...in all Your glory, thank YOU....
Genesis 1:14-16, 18-19 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
Deuteronomy 4:19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
Psalm 74:16 The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.
Psalm 136:1, 7-8 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.His love endures forever. who made the great lights—His love endures forever. the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.
Isaiah 60:19-20 The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again,and your moon will wane no more; the Lord will be your everlasting light,and your days of sorrow will end.
Revelation 22:5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.
"February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly detailed images of the whole sun 24 hours a day. Capturing an image more than once per second, SDO has provided an unprecedentedly clear picture of how massive explosions on the sun grow and erupt ever since its launch on Feb. 11, 2010. The imagery is also captivating, allowing one to watch the constant ballet of solar material through the sun's atmosphere, the corona.
In honor of SDO's fifth anniversary, NASA has released a video showcasing highlights from the last five years of sun watching. Watch the movie to see giant clouds of solar material hurled out into space, the dance of giant loops hovering in the corona, and huge sunspots growing and shrinking on the sun's surface.
The imagery is an example of the kind of data that SDO provides to scientists. By watching the sun in different wavelengths – and therefore different temperatures – scientists can watch how material courses through the corona, which holds clues to what causes eruptions on the sun, what heats the sun's atmosphere up to 1,000 times hotter than its surface, and why the sun's magnetic fields are constantly on the move.
Five years into its mission, SDO continues to send back tantalizing imagery to incite scientists' curiosity. For example, in late 2014, SDO captured imagery of the largest sun spots seen since 1995 as well as a torrent of intense solar flares. Solar flares are bursts of light, energy and X-rays. They can occur by themselves or can be accompanied by what's called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, in which a giant cloud of solar material erupts off the sun, achieves escape velocity and heads off into space. In this case, the sun produced only flares and no CMEs, which, while not unheard of, is somewhat unusual for flares of that size. Scientists are looking at that data now to see if they can determine what circumstances might have led to flares eruptions alone.
Goddard built, operates and manages the SDO spacecraft for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. SDO is the first mission of NASA's Living with a Star Program. The program's goal is to develop the scientific understanding necessary to address those aspects of the sun-Earth system that directly affect our lives and society."
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