‘A solar eclipse that reduced the sun to a blazing ring surrounding a sombre disk plunged parts of Africa and Asia into an eerie semi-darkness on Friday.’
‘An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun but does not completely obscure it, thus leaving a ring of sunlight flaring around the lunar disk.’
We first became aware of the eclipse when we visited a park near our home and saw personnel, cameras and equipment of the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand set up around the entrance. We arrived after the best view of the eclipse had passed. NARIT personnel were much better prepared and had the proper equipment to record the event.
We missed the 'ring' effect but saw this much of the eclipse
NARIT personnel tracking the eclipse with their powerful lenses
How did they know to be there? How were they able to predict this event and similar events in the future? Of course they’ve done the research and applied themselves to study the science but the science itself has been set in order by God who said, ‘As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease.’ Gen 8:22. Since the world was created people have seen the earth and sky, all that He has made demonstrates for us His divine nature and eternal power. Romans 1:20
Great is Thy faithfulness, oh God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be.
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
to Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
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