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HARMONY ON EARTH Day and night are perfectly balanced on the first day of spring in snap of Earth’s terminator from space
The shot was taken from space on the spring equinox, which fell on March 20 this year
Jenny Awford
26 Mar 2019, 1:08Updated: 26 Mar 2019, 9:47
A STUNNING image shows the Earth in perfect balance between night and day on the first official day of spring.
The snap of the planet's terminator - the line separating night and day - was taken from space on the spring equinox, which fell on March 20 this year.
An image taken from space shows the perfect balance between night and day on the first official day of spring
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An image taken from space shows the perfect balance between night and day on the first official day of springCredit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
With half of the planet illuminated in light and the other steeped in darkness, the picture captures the Earth’s beautiful symmetry.
During the equinox, the amount of daylight and darkness is nearly equal at all latitudes.
It occurs twice a year, in March and in September and heralds the changing seasons.
Last week marked the official astronomical start of spring – which is also referred to as the vernal equinox.
"During two special times twice a year, the tilt is actually perpendicular to the sun, which means that Earth is equally illuminated in the Northern and Southern hemispheres," C. Alex Young, associate director for science in the Heliophysics Science Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, previously told Live Science.
This means, the sun is directly above the equator at noon during an equinox, which is latin for “equal night”.
“The 'nearly' equal hours of day and night is due to refraction of sunlight, or a bending of the light's rays that causes the sun to appear above the horizon when the actual position of the sun is below the horizon,” according to the US' National Weather Service.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the spring equinox also marks the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Northern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox — which will take place six months later — heralds the coming of spring south of the equator.
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(1.)
On Nights As Quiet As Silent Fern Grows
On nights as quiet as silent fern grows
Within solitude of a heart torn
A chill like a blanket of winter snow
Invades to destroy hopes of the forlorn.
Outside far beyond moon so softly weeps
Yet the heartbroken finds no release
Hours tick away that much needed sleep
Even most sincere prayers bring no peace.
Those sad nights bringing dark unholy hell
Life seeks to deny epic horrors sent
Yet sorrow's great powers are hard to quell
For heart and soul are both torn and spent.
On nights as quiet as silent fern grows
Within solitude of a heart torn
A chill like a blanket of winter snow
Invades to destroy hopes of the forlorn.
Robert J. Lindley, 4-27-2021
Rhyme,
(2.)
A Vision So Breathtaking To Behold
I remember that day as clear as glass
Glistening dew wet upon verdant grass
A true angel stood there smiling at me
I in my hammock under that old elm tree.
A vision so breathtaking to behold
Like fantastic romantic tale well told
Mind asking can this sweet treasure be real
Is this love at first sight that I now feel?
Taking a deep breath and another look
Deeper romantic thoughts began to cook
Tis heaven sent and so meant to be mine
I say I love you, I want to be thine.
I remember that day as clear as glass
Glistening dew wet upon verdant grass
A true angel stood there smiling at me
I in my hammock under that old elm tree.
I remember that day as clear as glass
Glistening dew wet upon verdant grass
A true angel stood there smiling at me
I in my hammock under that old elm tree.
Robert J. Lindley, 4-28-2021
Romanticism,
(3.)
There Within Twilight's Soft Whispering Breath
There within twilight's soft whispering breath
Resides divine words that can defeat death
Words of hope bathed in Beauty and Light
Treasures as can relieve saddest of plights.
Dare we mortals live our winter choices
Pleading for more with our desperate voices
Mind chanting our deepest of dark sorrows
Living each day, praying for tomorrows.
Our souls steeped in ravaging hot blood
Born to allow our emotions to flood
Prisoners to our passionate resolves
Seeking to our greedy powers evolve.
Should we ever vanquish our darken lusts
Break that stabbing blade that forever thrusts
Only then may we hear that dawning plea
To live and love true, daring to be free.
There within twilight's soft whispering breath
Resides divine words that can defeat death
Words of hope bathed in Beauty and Light
Treasures as can relieve saddest of plights.
Robert J. Lindley, 5-01-2021
Rhyme,
( To look with astonishment beyond the earthen plane )