Quaife

The sun is the closest star to the earth. All stars are very hot. The sun comes up in the east and sets in the west. We talked about how black clothing, black paper. etc. turns very hot if in line with the sun. And that black stuff absorbs the heat and sunlight. Equinox is when the sun is directly over the equator. It only takes 3 seconds to become permatly blind when looking at the sun! Scientists say that your not supposed to look directly at an eclipse. You have no shadow at noon. When the sun goes west your shadow grows long again. Because in the morning it is long but when it gets closer to noon it gets smaller and then at noon you have no shadow and after that your shadow grows long again. There are 2 equinox. 1 in the spring and 1 in the fall. The spring one is called the vernal equinox. The fall one is called the autumnal equinox.