Abstract Solar...

A view of the open dome and the stairway leading up to it, which houses three solar telescopes, at the newly renovated Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, CA. Inside the observatory, at the west rotunda, visitors can view a real-time white light image of the sun (weather permitting), a diffracted spectrum image, and a filtered red spectrum image (allowing for real-time observations of solar prominences).

Man seems to have always had an interest in the Sun. One of the exhibits at the observatory illustrated how mankind has used the sun, moon, and stars to measure time for both the short and long term. What a wonderful opportunity that provided me, as a homeschooling parent, to reiterate to our children that Genesis 1 indicates that God made the sun, moon, and stars to "be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years". It would seem that God is interested in being intimately involved with his creation, even if such involvement means taking the time to create entities so huge, and so distant from this planet Earth.

Besides that, how very cool it is to learn about his creation!

- photograph © 2007 A. R. Lopez
 

Comments

[Dana]

Thank you for sharing this thought! It is interesting how often we come back to Genesis one in our science lessons. Mostly to the very first verse.