Essays on Solar Eclipse

Introduction

It is very rarely that a story could have an effect on the reader. This is why I am thankful that I encountered Wendy Mass’ “Every Soul a Star.” As I read though the story, I was able to relate to the experiences of the main characters. Being a young person I also meet challenges where I need to change. The story gives its readers important insights on how important and inevitable change is. In the story, three young people went through life changing experiences in a place called Moon Shadow Campground.

Discussion

The Moon Shadow Campground is a place ...

The news article for this paper is an article about the recent solar eclipse that swept across Southeast Asia just this March 9th. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth, and the moon fully or partially blocks out the sun. This happens during the new moon stage when the moon and the sun are in “conjunction” (Littman, Espenak and Wilcox, 2008). This most recent eclipse cut across Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and began at about 6:19 am Indonesian time as the moon began to pass directly in front of the sun. ...

Line of Apsides - main axis of moon’s elliptical orbit

Lunar eclipse - moon is darkened by Earth’s shadow Major axis - longest axis of an eclipse Negative shadow - ringed area in path of eclipse New Moon - Moon faces Earth in darkness Northern Limit - the northern most part of eclipse Partial Eclipse - only a portion of moon is covered Penumbral Eclipse - eclipse when moon partly shadows Earth Penumbra - secondary shadow partially blocked by light Perigee - closest point from Earth to moon Perihelion - closest orbital position to sun Pinhole Projector - small hole used to project sun Prominence - magnetic field ...

The enlightenment refers to the sprawling of intellectual, social, philosophical, and cultural movement that spread through France, England, German, and other parts of Europe during the 1700s. Enlightenment thinkers advocated for self-autonomy in thinking, free of the limitations of traditional authority. The process of “modernity” traces its origin to this movement, as an heir, with seeds implanted in this period. Evidently, the process began with a vision of an autonomous free individual, but later contributed to the instrumental means-end thinking that has shaped modernity. The writers of the enlightenment mastered everything they regarded as worth learning, ranging from science to ...

The rock artists of Australia were drawing the dreamtime long before they had a word for art or long before the first Westerner arrived there. The dreamtime for the indigenous people of Australia is their story of creation. Their beliefs are reflected in the ancient paintings on rock. The aboriginal are believed to have occupied Australia for at least forty thousand or even maybe hundred thousand years, which makes them the “oldest continuous human culture on the planet” (Rock Art). Their art is a primitive history book and guide for living (Rock Art). Seasons played crucial role in their lives; that ...