The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork (Psa 19:1).
This last week we had the pleasure of the Perseid meteor shower. It's our annual opportunity to watch a beautiful display of meteors hitting our atmosphere ... and burning up. You see, our "heavens", the immediate layer of atmosphere around our planet provides amazing protection from the vast debris that is hurtling through space. A piece of space-sand, for instance, sounds harmless enough, but at the speeds it is traveling, a small piece like that could kill you. We don't, of course, see that happening because the planet has an atmosphere. That atmosphere destroys all but the biggest of these space rocks. And we are kept safe.You see, the heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork. And every so often we get some fun reminders of this.
3 comments:
Missed it..again!
Drat!
Did you take that photo? It's awesome! We had clouds the second night, and totally missed it the first night. A newborn will do that for you. We have never had any luck with the Perseids, but seem to do well with the Leonids. It's colder but it tends to be clear so it makes for better viewing.
Sorry it took so long to reply. No, I didn't take the picture. Good, though, isn't it?
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