Photo of the Sun, with a scaled photo of the Earth above it (© 2011 Osha Gray Davidson)
Since we have a current satellite HD photo of the Sun on this page every day (courtesy of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory), we wanted to put the features seen on the Sun in perspective. See that tiny blue dot above the Sun? That’s our home, superimposed in true scale on the image of the sun.
It’s easy to see how the sun has such a tremendous influence on the Earth, and why solar power has so much promise.
Here’s our house from Google Earth’s Eye-in-the-Sky, with our “battle plan” marked on it.
Photo 1. A very, very, very fine house.
We’re fortunate to have a couple of good-sized surfaces facing due south, with no shade at any time of day. Up ’til now that’s been more of a curse than a blessing, especially in the summer when the temperature reaches 120° F (49° C).
Prime location for The Array is the green-tinted area #1. If we need to, we can also add panels to area #2.
The black rectangle outlined in red is our solar water heater. More about that later.
