Lockdown 469

Lockdown Day 469 - 8 July 2021

While living in PE these past few weeks I noticed the sun can physically be seen rising over the sea over the harbour and bay.

As we are on the East Coast, it makes sense. But every time we go walking at Schoenmakerskop we can also physically see the sun setting just within sight very close to the horizon.

While I realise the sun sets in the West, its path 'seems' different because of  the Southern hemisphere is tilted farthest away from the sun which makes it seem as if it moves.

Ancient people were drawn to this and told numerous stories about how the sun "moves" through the seasons.  But of course today we know the Sun doesn't have a trajectory and is the pivotal point around which all planets in our galaxy orbit.

This got me thinking while outside today. I wondered about the size of the sun, moon and planets and how they would look if all of them were the same distance from us as, let's say the moon.

I found a terrific picture with all the planets depicted as if they were the same distance from earth as the moon. The moon is roughly the size of Australia and it is on average 384km (due to its elliptical orbit) away from the earth.

With that in mind, here is that picture - tap on the first slide if you can't see the pictures clearly, it should open up in another tab:

Wow. This is once again evidence of a Power the human brain cannot comprehend. To know thát power is my God who created it all, Jesus through whom nothing was made that was made and Holy Spirit who lives in me, is my LIFE. He most definitely has got this.