solar ecplise of jan 26 2009

here is the NASA link to get an idea how the moon's shadow will travel on earth, on the first solar eclipse of 2009.

what also hits, even after all technical knowledge, is how a small animal called human (smaller than an ant in comparison, can develop system of computation to measure the path, size, timing of the shadow of one heavenly body on another, when no one can have a measuring ruler that large.

that is power of the mind, system of notation, and logical development of science (maths), that one can with certainty predict the path of one almost spherical rotating and revolving orb (moon), around another rotating and revolving orb (earth) which is yet again going around another rotating and revolving orb (sun). just thinking of all this can make the mind start revolving!

hence also is the power of conceptualization. not all things in life can be measured directly. they can be verified later.


like it? then become a fan of the blog