While I’m in Colorado right now, here’s a little moutain trivia. It gets 5∆ícelsius colder for every 1000 feet you go up (called the lapse rate). Actually we don’t directly get warm by the suns rays. The earth absorbs the sun rays, and the heat comes from the earth. The winds up on a mountain mixes the colder temperatures in more. That’s why it’s so cold in outer space. Even though you may be closer to the sun, there’s nothing to absorb that heat and keep it in.
It’s like God is saying, “see, I made this one wonderfully balanced place for you to live.”
Source: United States Department of Energy. http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/env99/env054.htm
What are you doing in CO?
so how can Superman freeze things with his breath and melt things with his eyesballs?
tom, I was snowshoeing, cross-country snow skiing, snowboarding. moose, Superman chews winterfresh gum, and eyesballs part is a bit tricky. My theory is that he sets up a nice log fire in this fireplace at the cabin in the woods. Then he sits down and stares at the fire for long periods of time. That gives his eyes the ability to melt things with his eyes. You should try it sometime.
Oh! You were on VACATION!! Sweet!
Colorado is neat…where did you go for snowboarding? I went to Copper Mtn yesterday.
Sol Vista. It was very not crowded at all. It was only my third time snowboarding (two times in wisconsin before). I’m finally getting the hang of it.