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a. I chose a time lapse of a beach sunset because it is something that happens every single night, and at times goes un-noticed. There is beauty and science to every sunset. What most people don't usually think about is how the sun isn't actually going to sleep, rather stays on 24/7 as WE circle IT. b. I used the internet to further investigate the track that our earth takes for sunsets to happen at all. c. n/a d. I thought about how even though the sun and clouds are 92 million miles away from each other, the sunset we immediately can see with our eyes looks like they're side by side. e. I wonder if the planets we aren't able to travel to see our sun? Or possibly to sustain life, have their own sun? Is there some kind of probe we can send out that can sense another sun, or find presence of another one? 2) a. I learned that the sun is much bigger than I had originally thought, something to think about when I watch the sunset of the days to come. b. Almost everyone knows that our planets circle the sun. So, what makes the sun so special? How is it self sustaining since the beginning? Could we make our own sun on a small scale, that is self sustaining, to create infinite power? Will we advance far enough to do so before we run out of resources to live? How about something simpler: Are there planet(s) hiding behind the sun in a constant orbit that makes it to where we never see it? No, in fact if there were planets that we didn't know about, we would inevitably orbit close to that planet. And as far as our self sustaining sun goes, what we do know is that there are two forces at work; gravitational collapse and thermal expansion. Gravitational collapse requires no energy, and would reduce the sun to about the size of the earth if unchecked. But as the sun contracts, it heats up enough for nuclear fusion to start, producing even more heat. Heat causes the sun to expand, counterbalancing the gravitational force that causes it to contract. The result is a self-sustained balance between contraction and expansion. The more it collapses, the more heat is generated to make it expand. The more it expands, the less heat is generated, allowing it to collapse again. c. If I were to continue research on the sun, I would want to talk to a genius on the subject, since you can't really trust anything on the internet (INCLUDING THIS POST). d. My main take away from this would be to work on not taking sunsets for granite, not seeing it as something visually pleasing but something incredible happening million miles away.
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