http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Explanation: What are those colorful rings around the Sun? A corona visible only to Earth observers in the right place at the right time. Rings like this will sometimes appear when the Sun or Moon is seen through thin clouds. The effect is created by the quantum mechanical diffraction of light around individual, similarly-sized water droplets in an intervening but mostly-transparent cloud. Since light of different colors has different wavelengths, each color diffracts differently. Solar Coronae are one of the few quantum color effects that can be easily seen with the unaided eye. This type of solar corona is a visual effect due to water in Earth's atmosphere and is altogether different from the solar corona that exists continually around the Sun -- and stands out during a total solar eclipse. In the foreground is the famous Himalayan mountain peak Ama Dablam (Mother's Necklace),
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beJLFNSDWcg&list=PLqkALYbbNTMXiJ_GXGB5oTUkeiZpeHqzg
Today, I saw this heart warming video about dogs and immediately knew that others might love it as much as I would, so here it is. Then, as I happened to view the NASA site, I encountered something almost as interesting. And so I was in a quandary; which one should I choose? Then I realized they were unrelated, yet alike. Genesis 1 held the clue to that similarity...
Genesis, chapter 1 (WEB)
31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
God made this complex world as well as dogs. And both are avenues to help us realize the magnificence of his creation- the head and the heart. The Psalmist has said...
Psalm 8 (WEB)
1 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth,
who has set your glory above the heavens! 2 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
4 what is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for him?
5 For you have made him a little lower than God,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet:
7 All sheep and cattle,
yes, and the animals of the field,
8 The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 Yahweh, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
who has set your glory above the heavens! 2 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
4 what is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for him?
5 For you have made him a little lower than God,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet:
7 All sheep and cattle,
yes, and the animals of the field,
8 The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 Yahweh, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
This world is a wonderful place and I am in awe of its complexity and design. When I think of the love of a dog for its master (and my own dogs for that matter) I am touched to the very depth of my feelings. Both lead me to God- I hope they do for you as well!!!
and remember...
God is right- "very good" describes it ALL!!!
ps. There were six days in which God performed the creation and not nine (the dog video uses a bit of poetic license)