It’s a regular thunderstorm, but instead of raining, it snows. Thank God for creating water and those creatures who live in the water exactly the way they are. Could they survive? Would we have any pond life?īut we don’t have to worry about any of those little critters. By this time of year, you’d have fishsicles and turtle cubes. Then what would happen to the fish, snails, and turtles? They’d probably freeze as soon as the pond froze. Or else the pond would freeze from the bottom up. As the pond began to freeze, huge ice cubes would drop to the bottom. Imagine what would happen in a pond if water acted like all other liquids. All other liquids contract as they freeze. That’s why ice cubes float in a glass of water. As it expands, it becomes lighter and less dense. Water is the only liquid that expands as it freezes. That’s because there’s water under the ice. Have you ever gone ice skating on a small pond or a lake? First you have to test the ice to make sure it’s thick enough. You’ll definitely need to turn on the lights. After this, you won’t be able to see the horizon at all. The last twilight is called Astronomical Twilight.But if you want to play outside, you’ll have to turn on a light to see well. If you’re outside, you can still see outlines of the horizon. Civil Twilight is darker than daylight, but you can still play outside without turning on a light. That’s the time just after the sun has sunk below the horizon.
#Winter wonders 2014 series#
Northern and southern countries lose their daylight gradually in a series of twilights. In most places the sun sets and rises gradually. You can check out the sunrise and sunset times in your part of the world at /worldclock/sunrise.html. In winter the nights are longer in summer the days are longer. All the night hours and all the day hours will average out to 12 hours of daylight for every 12 hours of darkness. Over all of 2015 we will have equal hours of daylight and of darkness. They’ll balance out the shorter days of winter. Remember the long days of last summer? They’ll return next summer. Will these long dark nights ever end? Of course they will. Have you noticed lately how early the sun sets and how late it rises? These days we have longer nights than days. Watch for God’s special winter weather wonders. Bundle up and head outside whenever you have a chance. Always there are wonders waiting for us to discover-if we pay attention. And weather changes from place to place: a snowfall in the north might become a rain shower in the south.īut one thing is sure: only God controls the weather! Sometimes the weather brings a magnificent show of God’s power, like an ice storm that coats branches, brings down power lines, and transforms sidewalks into slippery chutes. The weather can change daily: winter snowfall one day may be followed by bright sunshine the next. January is a great month for weather watching.
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