Page 44 - The Glory in the Heavens

The Sun
The Sun

The Sun is the greatest celestial
body in the Solar System. It consists of

very hot, glowing gases. Every second,

explosions occur all over its surface, for the Sun itself

is an enormous nuclear bomb. These surface explo-

sions are equivalent to the energy given off by millions

of atom bombs. They shoot off flares 40-50 times larg-

er than our Earth.
The Sun looks like a ball of fire and gives off enor-

mous heat and light from its surface. If the Sun did not

42 exist, it would always be night for us, and our whole

world would be covered with ice. Most importantly,

there would be no life on Earth.

Space (you will also remember the films about

the space) is a very dark, huge, empty place. Our

Earth is a celestial body in this dark expanse, and no

other celestial body is near enough to illuminate and
heat our Earth.

The light from the Sun is very bright. You have

probably tried looking at the Sun on a clear day. After

looking for a few seconds, your eyes were dazzled,

weren't they? Because its light is very bright, looking

straight at the Sun is very dangerous for our eyes. As