Exploring Creation with Astronomy Ch. 2
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- solar flares which create colorful electrical lights in the sky which can be seen by people in the far north and the far south
- auroras
- little dark spots on the sun that are cooler than the rest of the sun
- sunspots
- long seasons with no rain
- droughts
- creates little explosions that happen over and over again deep inside the sun which makes the sun brighter and brighter each year
- thermonuclear fusion
- a thin layer of mist and gases that cover our earth
- atmosphere
- the sun is hidden behind the moon
- solar eclipse
- the sun is completely hidden behind the moon
- total eclipse
- the sun is directly behind the moon, but a ring of sunlight can be seen around the blackened moon
- annular eclipse
- the moon is not directly between the sun and the earth and you see part of the moon pass in front of the sun
- partial eclipses
- little points of light that reflect off the craters in the moon during an eclipse
- Bailey's Beads