Sun tanning

nearly circular orbit around the sun, it maintains a constant axial tilt of 23.4 degrees. This tilt causes the proximity of the northern and southern hemispheres of the globe to change during its annual trip around our local star. These changes in proximity and their impact on the amount of solar energy received by the northern and southern hemispheres are what causes the Earth to have seasons. As the incline of Earth’s axis brings the northern hemisphere closer to the sun during the planet’s…

Bark Lake Night Hike One night as I was strolling back home from a nearby convenience store, I gazed at the full moon and I remembered my first night hike in Bark Lake. It was an exhilarating experience. One Monday night, the full moon was shining brightly as our Grade 7 class embarked on a night hike. All was silent except the slight murmuring of the voices of my classmates. My friend Abby and I were terrified because of our irrational fear of the dark and were tightly gripping each others…

They have different sizes and shapes and they can turn into different things after they die based on their size and shape. The exact definition of a star is a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun, however, stars are much more than that. Stars are related to physics, and there are many branches of physics. However, the branch that is related to stars is the astronomy branch. Astronomers study everything there is to know about space and…

perfectly round; it moves in a more elliptical pattern. The degree of the planet’s ellipse is known as eccentricity. During this orbit, there are three times when the earth is closest to the sun than any other time. When the earth is closest to the sun during this orbit is perihelion and furthest from the sun it is called aphelion (Nelson, 2012). Seasons on our planet are caused by the Earth’s titled axis. This tilt causes the top hemisphere of the planet to be closer to the…

supposed to be doing that is causing a bigger issue. Greenhouse gases can lead to larger scale issues on the planet, such as global warming. To add to this list, Source C says, “We need the ability to store the energy for long periods of time when the sun is dark...and the solar panels don’t work” (Source C).…

Normally, it was not unlike Kolda to rise before a human had any right to, on the cusp of an ink-blotted morning, when the trees were still working tirelessly to shake the vestiges of dew from their waxy-leaves. When, on the horizon, a burnt orange ribbon lined its lip, radiating waves of indigo and cobalt and casting the world beneath it in an eerie, complacent glow. A creamy fog would trickle across the hyssop field from border of Sylph Grove, a merciful cover to nature’s cities beneath,…

The sky with a shade of midnight, the pavements shined with drizzle, and reflected the light of an exquisite full moon. The aggressive waves crashed against the shore as Jordyn peered through the window. It is after midnight and everyone in the Maxwell household is asleep other than Jordyn. She and her family moved to Malibu two months ago, so her father, Alan, would have a higher paying job. Eventually, Jordyn lays down for bed, praying she will ace the tests ahead. Each morning, everybody…

Draft – Ferretbranch, Barkthroat Sunlight streamed through the tree tops surrounding the camp, dappling the ground with warm patches of light. Ferretbranch poked his paw around the storage cleft in the back of his den as he sorted and counted the remaining supplies. “Poppy seeds, yarrow, burdock,” he mumbled to himself, “borage, parsley. . .” Ferretbranch dug farther into the crack and pulled out a few stems of catmint. The look of the old stalks told him they were collected last newleaf.…

My eyelids peeled open ever so slightly and never in my life had the view been so profound. Lying in bed, reality looked like a Hollywood movie and everything around me was clear and in sight. Without getting up, my neck snapped to the right. Outside in the distance, I could hear a young boy walking the sidewalks, rock music blasting in his ears, waking me from my slumber. Yet, it was only 4 am and I was fully awake. I go to throw the blanket off my unnaturally warm body and find myself…

On a Friday night there was wisp of wind. A “BASH” of lighting. And a lost dog walking though it all. In the beginning of it all Sally’s owner had said “come on Sally lets go outside to use the restroom”. A couple minutes later when Sally’s owner was not looking and ran inside for a bit to eat something. Sally had ran out the other side of the fence that was open and disappeared into the forest 1 block away from her house. Sally had been strolling all around the forest for 2 hours…