Sunday, October 19, 2014

All About Perception 

The sun is always heating us up, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year or we would be a giant ball of ice instead of  a planet full of arrays of life. One question came to mind though when I was doing my observations, if the sun is always shining its rays of sunshine why is it colder in the winter v.s the summer? At first I thought it was just that the sun was farther away in the winter but, after some research I realized how wrong I was. The actual reason that it's colder in the winter is that the sun is lower in the sky, so its solar heat that stems off of its 10,340 degrees Fahrenheit surface hits us at a different angle. I found this on Space.com  
Picture found at scienceblogs.com
Since the sun hits the planet at a lower angle in the winter we get less solar heat from it. This reminded me of another life lesson( the sun has been showing me these ever since I started looking deeper that just the visual effect of the sun.) In life everyone is going to face a life changing  problem it's as simple as that. In this problem we face you can either look at it from the perspective of June 21 and grow from that problem and bring sunlight and warmth to the situation or you can look at it from December 21 and let it bring you down and become cold and bitter from it. You always have a choice and sometimes the right one is harder to do but, it makes you a better person. 

5 comments:

  1. And both perspectives have their own beauty and truth.

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  2. I love how you connected your research with a life lesson! It's crazy that it's colder because the sun is lower.

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  3. The physical perception and such a small change in the degree can turn a shorts day into a parka day. I like how you presented this information in a way that doesn't make science boring.

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  4. Blogs like these make me jealous of my nature project. I really like yours because sunsets are honestly my favorite. I actually had a question due to sunrays and the difference of heat throughout the season . And you answered it so yay!

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  5. I like how you added information as to why the temperature changes, I learned something new today!

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