Fourth Stage of Creation

Genesis 1:14-19 In the fourth stage the sun, moon and stars were made. Here we see the sun as science tells us about it (28). There is a cutaway view (yellow area) of the core of the sun, an atomic furnace operating at a temperature of 25 million degrees Fahrenheit. In this reactor hydrogen is converted into helium with the release of a tremendous amount of energy which is the source of the heat, light and radioactive radiation given off by the sun. Surrounding the core is an area of densely packed gas atoms and then an area of boiling gases. Rising currents of hot gases extend to the surface of the sun, the photosphere, where the temperature is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. There is thrown up from the surface of the sun a constantly changing pattern of prominences and eminences which appear as hoops, flames, flares and streamers some of which extend hundreds of thousands of miles into space. Some of these are seen. Drifting across the surface of the sun are darker areas which are sun spots. These are storms of twisting, whirling masses of electrified gases that are cooler that the rest of the sun’s surface and thus appear darker. They produce tremendous magnetic effects. The moon (29) is shown as seen in pictures taken by the astronauts. The pattern of some of the craters and mountains, somewhat exaggerated in size, is shown on both the light and the dark side of the moon. The lines seen swirling around the moon and extending downward are representative of the gravitational force that binds the moon to the earth. This large more or less oval pattern of lights (30) extending thru three sections is a depiction of the galaxy known as the Milky Way, a large hub spiral galaxy. The largest yellow star (31) in the left of the Milky Way, which is vastly exaggerated in size, is the sun of the solar system of which earth is a part shown in its relative position in the Milky Way. Below this sun is a streak of purplish spots representing cosmic particles or ions. Their color suggests the infrared or heat waves of the sun. The stars below the streak are more distant galaxies near the Milky Way. Above the moon is a cloudy form (32) which is one part of the Trifid nebula of the constellation Sagittarius. Nebulae are luminous clouds of cosmic gas and are thought to be star incubators. Astronomers have seen specks in this nebular cloud that appear to enlarge when observed over a period of years. These are thought to be accreting dust matter of the stellar cloud which may very probably incandesce as once the sun incandesced in the Milky Way. Above the nebula is a barred spiral galaxy (33) which might be described as a gigantic pinwheel. It is shown in red colors to indicate the red shift of the spectrum. When a light source is moving away from an observer, there is a lengthening or stretching out of its light wavelengths so that its spectrum shifts to the red or longer wavelength end of the spectrum. The degree of shift is a measure of the speed at which the source is receding as well as its distance from the observer. This is part of the evidence supporting the concept of an expanding universe. Above this galaxy is a star representing a far distant galaxy. Above the sun is a group of three images (34). At the top is another part of the Trifid nebula of Sagittarius. Below this is a kind of silver dollar spiral which is a flat, small, hub spiral galaxy designated NGC 253. It is one of the few galaxies that appear to be traveling towards the Milky Way. To the left of the galaxy is a globular cluster, Messier 3. The age of stars is measured by color analysis and the light yellow color of the cluster indicates that it is one of the most ancient of star groups.