It's a long road, we face the world alone,
no one reaches out a hand for us to hold.
We can find love if we search within ourselves,
and emptiness we felt will disappear.
A hero comes along, with the strength to carry on.
You cast your fears aside and you know you can survive.
When you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong,
and you'll finally see the truth, that a hero lies in you.

Catching The Sunset
by Kenvin Pinardy

2006 July 12

A Manhattan Sunset
Credit & Copyright: Neil deGrasse Tyson (AMNH)

Explanation: Today, if it is clear, Manhattan will flood dramatically with sunlight just as the Sun sets precisely on the centerline of every street. Usually, the tall buildings that line the gridded streets of New York City's tallest borough will hide the setting Sun. This effect makes Manhattan a type of modern Stonehenge, although only aligned to about 30 degrees east of north. Were Manhattan's road grid perfectly aligned to east and west, today's effect would occur on the Vernal and Autumnal Equinox, March 21 and September 21, the only two days that the Sun rises and sets due east and west. If today's sunset is hidden by clouds do not despair -- the same thing happens every May 28 and July 12. On none of these occasions, however, should you ever look directly at the Sun.

Source: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060712.html
Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)

2006 June 21

Sunrise Solstice at Stonehenge
Credit & Copyright: Pete Strasser (Tucson, Arizona, USA)

Explanation: Today the Sun reaches its northernmost point in the planet Earth's sky. Called a solstice, the date traditionally marks a change of seasons -- from spring to summer in Earth's Northern Hemisphere and from fall to winter in Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Pictured above is the 2005 Summer Solstice celebration at Stonehenge in England. The event was rare because Stonehenge was not always open to the public, and because recent summer solstices there had been annoyingly cloudy. In 2005, however, thousands of people gathered at sunrise to see the sun rise through the 4,000 year old solar monument. Even given the precession of the Earth's rotational axis over the millennia, the Sun continues to rise over Stonehenge in an astronomically significant way. In fact, the photographer was able to find a good spot where the rising Sun appeared over one of Stonehenge's massive standing stones.

Source: Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)