True understanding of the Science behind a phenomenon
adds to its beauty and also points to a higher intelligence which as humans it
is harder to fathom. This becomes extremely fascinating and a lovely object of
contemplation and points us to the intelligence behind the Creation and God the
Creator.
Above our house, August 23rd 2015 just
after mid night between 3.00-4.00 a.m
I wanted to see Northern lights at least for
the last five years and drove to many places in vain. The colours in the aurora
seem to be a mystery to an ordinary man, but still people travel thousands of
miles to see the brilliant natural light which comes in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Finally in August this year God gave me this blessed opportunity to see that at
least five times from my own house through the glass window. When I saw the
above in front of my eyes above my house, this August, and the vastness of the
Universe, I asked a question to myself, where do I fit in? Words of Psalmist
proclaim that, “When I consider thy heavens,
the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What
is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest
him”? Psa: 8:3-4.
Science behind Aurora Borealis or Northern lights.
Our sun is 93 million
miles away. But its effects extend far beyond its visible surface. Great storms
on the sun send gusts of charged solar particles hurtling across space. If
Earth is in the path of the particle stream, our planet’s magnetic field and
atmosphere react.
When the charged particles from the sun strike
atoms and molecules in Earth’s atmosphere, theyexcite those
atoms, causing them to light up.
What does it mean for an atom to be excited?
Atoms consist of a central nucleus and a
surrounding cloud of electrons encircling
the nucleus in an orbit. When charged particles from the sun strike atoms in
Earth’s atmosphere, electrons move to higher-energy orbits, further away from
the nucleus. Then when an electron moves back to a lower-energy orbit, it
releases a particle of light or photon.
What happens in an aurora is similar to what
happens in the neon lights we see on many business signs. Electricity is used
to excite the atoms in the neon gas within the glass
tubes of a neon sign. That’s why these signs give off their brilliant colors.
The aurora works on the same principle – but at a far more vast scale.
Website Reference for further reading:
earthsky.org/earth/what-causes-the-aurora-borealis-or-northern-lights
Jan 30, 2015 - But science says
that different gases in Earth's atmosphere give off different ... Aurora
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Double rainbow in front of my house, August 20th
at 8.12 pm
The two rays exiting at the lowest point in the
drop — the topmost two rays entering the drop — are nearly parallel to each
other, whereas all the other rays have significantly different directions.
By a curious quirk of geometry and optics, we have an entire group of
rays (clustered around roughly 42.5°) that are all going in the same direction.
More rays equals more light intensity, and we therefore have an unusually
bright “beam” of light leaving the droplet at those special angles. These
collection of parallel rays form the rainbow that we see.
Website
Reference for further understanding
www.physics.org/explorelink.asp?id=6060
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physics.org is the place to be if you have a burning physics question, or if
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Psalm
19 declares: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth
his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth
knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice
is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to
the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as
a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a
race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the
ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. The
law of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord
is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The
fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord
are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they
than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them
there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? cleanse
thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be
innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my
mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
We
can continue pondering with the question in our hearts more than once, “why the
Universe does has to be so enormous, beyond our comprehension”. Scientists can
continue to discern how God did it, many can revel in the beauty of the
incomprehensible creation, and come to the conclusion that there should be a
Master designer, with unfathomable wisdom, knowledge and intelligence. Time and
again we can come to the conclusion that as intelligent species of all the other
species created, we are uniquely created because we ask this question and sometimes
ponder in our hearts. “When I consider thy
heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast
ordained”; Psa: 8:3, we come to the humble adoration that Thou art an
awesome God.
The fact we ask
this question often gives us hints and points us to that creative intelligence
which lies behind this Universe. “So God created man in his
own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them”;
Gen 1:27, undoubtedly affirms that God the Creator has endowed mankind with creativity
in His own image. Mankind has that analytical capacity to reason unlike the
other created species, and since we are created in His own image, we have the
ability to research, ability to imagine, the ability to discover even many
fascinating details about the nature and we can even plunge into research about
the origin of the Universe.
Being a former
Chemistry lecturer, I can well fathom that our Universe is made up of different
things, atoms, dark matter, dark energy, and we will not be here without atoms,
and we are in need of oxygen, carbon which becomes the basis of Organic
Chemistry. Science has discovered the reason for the auroa, even the colours in
the aurora, and did clarify some of the myths and imaginations as fire bridges,
gods, dancing ghosts and points us to the Creator God Who is wisdom and majesty,
and power, Who is unfathomably Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Omnipotent.
Scriptural
cross references to support the above are; Rom: 1:19-20; Gen 1:6-7; 14; Psa:8;
Psa:50:6; Psa:89:5; Psa:97:6; Psa:145:10; Jer: 31:35.
Website
References:
biblehub.com/psalms/19-1.htm
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Psalm 19 - For the director of music. A psalm
of David. The heavens declare the gloryof God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day.
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