Stonehenge Formal analysis Stu.Name : Omar Al Salti ID: U14110165 Stonehenge has stood alone on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England., a mysterious legacy of a vanished culture. Today it is flanked by two busy roads and its visitor center attracts million tourists from all over the world. Yet only 50 years ago it was a still quiet and empty place. stonehenge is a prehistoric monument without parallel . it was built by an ancient civilization over 4,000 years ago. The location was first
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Venus holds many number two spots in the field of astronomy. It is the second brightest object in the night sky (behind the Moon), second largest terrestrial planet, and is the second planet from the Sun. Venus has an apparent magnitude of -4.6, which is bright enough to cast shadows. It’s so bright that it can also be viewed during the daytime on a clear day. It does take the number one spot for being the hottest planet in our solar system. It was first recorded in the 17th century BC by Babylonian
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other families to not cause a disturbance. After getting comfortable, I decided to start tanning, and just like my eggs, I’m always sunny-side up. Regretfully, being the extremely pale and sunburn prone ginger that I am, I wasn’t able to stay in the sun very long before feeling the tell-tale signs of a burn coming on. So, I gracefully (more or less) rose from my chair and moved under the safety shade of the umbrella. I sat watching the waves roll in and out, the familiar fwoosh sound of the waves a
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ceremonial buildings had a solar nature. It can be explained by the east-west orientation, showing the ancient preference for orienting the buildings toward the points of the rising and setting sun. Therefore, the axes of the structures indicate the points of their solar register, that is , the spot at which the sun appears two times a year in its apparent movement over the Southern Hemisphere and disappears twice yearly in its journey across the Northern Hemisphere. Motolinia stated "Tlacaxipeualistli
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There lay a boy. Just above the flat, cloudy plane there lay a boy. Awhile he has been there, yes, but he spends most of his time here. At arrival he is always afraid as if he never was here; as if this place doesn’t exist, yet it does. At long last, he awakes. Rain, like cold steel, strikes his forehead and he begins to twitch. Raindrops trickle down onto his eyes in unison as he opens them, and with a thrust upwards - he sits. Confused and dazed, he remains in position. Like always, he notices
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I woke up to the smell of Windex and burnt bread rushing through my nose. It was dark, with only the light of my mere book light to comfort me. I fell asleep in the diner again. I remembered groggily as I pushed an old mop off my lap. I took myself to a kneel and brushed off, picking the overturned book that I had been reading off the ground. “Ghostwritten”. It was an interesting story, yet I was still lulled to sleep by drowsiness and stress caused by the previous night. I reached for the pullcord
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Red Planet Since I was a child, I wanted to become an astronaut and visit the moon, but recently, I have shifted my interest. I have a new goal; I want to be the first human to land on the surface of the red planet. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Due to the planet’s red color, the Romans named it after their war god. The Romans copied the Greeks, who also named it after their own war god: Ares. Other civilizations had other names for the red planet, for example, Egyptians called it “Her Desher
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three-hundred and sixty degree view, yet I can’t see the road ahead because my eyes are focused on both horizons. One side constant, and one side flashes, the perfect balance between urban and rural. The Chicago skyline is barely visible in the rapidly falling sun, but the faint silhouette of the *Sears* tower remains as constant as the faux light that radiates from the surrounding sky. Directly opposite, the brief rouge flashes, from the windmills I’ve only once visited, echo each other in a pattern so fast
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For my topic I am talking about Venus, Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It also is the second brightest object in the night sky after the moon. Venus was named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty. Venus is known for as the second largest terrestrial planet it also is referred as Earth’s sister because of the size and mass of the planet. The surface of Venus is surrounded by an opaque layer of clouds made up of sulfuric acid. Venus is also known as the hottest planet in our solar system
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That afternoon on the trail was one of the most halcyon and relieving in my life. I remember how colossal the hills looked and how their curvature arched over the withered fields from the scorching sunlight. It was as if a conflagration had swallowed up the land; there was something so curious about it. It was a cemetery, and although the thin tails of smoke slithered throughout the decayed terrain, they hissed mellifluous poetry among each charcoal patch. I had never been so tempted to explore among
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