Where Is the Sun?
image from Cliparts.co
We have been experiencing sun and clouds lately, haven't we?
Ever wonder where you can find the most sun? It's Yuma, Arizona!
The city of Yuma was built because it was the best place to cross the Colorado River. The Colorado River is very wide - it is the river that cuts through the Grand Canyon - but in Yuma, the river narrows quite a bit, and it is easily crossed on a ferry. Travelers in the California Gold Rush considered Yuma to be the gateway to California.
image from Clikr
So where is the least sunny place? The South Pole!
At the South Pole, the sun only shines for an average of 182 days a year!
Astronauts Return
Do you remember back on May 30 when the Falcon 9 rocket blasted off, carrying the Crew Dragon space capsule to the International Space Station? Onboard the Dragon capsule were astronauts Bob Behnken and Douglas Hurley. These two astronauts arrived at the space station on May 31 and spent the next few weeks
helping the space station crew run laboratory investigations and participating in public engagement events and spacewalks.
After 62 days on the International Space Station, Bob and Doug climbed back aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft, undocked from the International Space Station, and landed in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday. This was the first water landing by an American space crew since 1975.
That's all for today. See you on Friday!
