A Life-Giving Light
By Mrs. Huntress
Our sun is the key to life on Earth. It allows us to eat, grow, sleep, run, and walk all over our great planet! How does it do that, you ask? Well, the sun is a huge sphere of ionized gas, and it is ultimately the source of all food on our planet. Due to photosynthesis in plant life, sunlight helps plants grow, and many plants later becomes food for us or for the unfortunate members of our food chain. The sun is about 93,000,000 miles from our planet, which is a perfect distance! If it were closer, it would actually boil the seas – not to mention those of us who live on the continents! Since the sun’s warmth and light reaches the Earth in a mere 500 seconds, humans are able to enjoy the seasons and gifts that each brings. Whether it is when walking in the crisp autumn leaves or when watching snowflakes glisten like diamonds, most people would agree that the sun truly is the light of their lives!
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