O hush the noise, ye men of strife...
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The Nile River delta and eastern Mediterranean at night. (Photo by ISS Expedition 25 crew, October 28, 2010; courtesy NASA)
Darkness Falls
Sunset over the desert near Tucson, Arizona (photo by Tim McCabe, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, October 4, 2011).
Because of Earth's tilt on its axis, the hemisphere receiving the Sun's most direct rays experiences longer days and shorter nights. When exactly will it be dark?
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One of the shortest parables in the Bible is recounted in just two verses.
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