Sunday, December 10, 2006

66)The awesome sun and its tiny children(planets).

The following five pictures show us a few things of interest. We see a black dot against the background of our sun. This black dot is planet Mercury, the planet orbiting closest to the sun in our solar system:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061114.html

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061110.html

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061125.html

We see how large the sun is relative to the planet. This Mercurian solar eclipse was seen a few days ago and will only be seen again in 2016. Below, one sees the simulated transit of the planet(series of black dots) from the lower left to the middle right of the sun:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061108.html

This fifth picture shows the actual transit of the black dot Mercury accross the Sun background: http://www.sungazer.net/transit110806a.html

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Islam, eminently logical, placing the greatest emphasis on knowledge, purports to understand God's creation:Aga Khan 4.
The God of the Quran is the One whose Ayats(Signs) are the Universe in which we live, move and have our being:Aga Khan 3