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"To Look at the World." (Essay).
(Part 1).

What did the world look like to the people of the past?? What did they see when they looked around them?? They were all familiar with the hills and valleys. Geographical features like mountains and rivers were important to them as dividing lines between groups of people and between countries. People quite naturally considered their own parts of the world as the whole world. Furthermore, the parts of nature that were beyond their ability to cross or climb were considered supernatural. In their ancient myths, the mountains were the home of the gods and goddesses. A volcano was the home of the god of fire. These ancient explanations seemed reasonable because few people in the past ancient times ever saw more than one smoking mountain in their lives. Something important to the knowledge of the world happened. When people were at last able to look down on the surface of the Earth, they saw the world in a different way. Their point of view changed. Mountains might seem great, beautiful, and powerful to a person in a valley. However, from a high place, a person sees the general features of the Earth´s surface. The mountains are seen as part of a worldwide pattern. A mountain is a part of a range with many high points or peaks. There is nothing special about one mountain. Furthermore, people on Earth do not notice that the Earth is deeply lined, wrinkled and cracked. What a Shock this New World View from above must have been!! Slowly people realized that those wrinkles were important CLUES, pieces of INFORMATION that could used to LEARN more ABOUT THE EARTH. The wrinkles were evidence of disasters that had happened on Earth and evidence of a process of change that was still happening. People could learn to understand more about the world by studying these cracks. What they found were explanations of some of the natural features of the world. A VOLCANO is now understood to be an OPENING, an escape valve, FOR HEAT FROM INSIDE THE EARTH. Two things have become clear: that the DEEP CRACKS are FAULTS, breaks in the surface, and that the Earth´s surface is still MOVING. Parts of the crust or surface very slowly push up mountains and make deep valleys in nearby places. (Part 1).

erikestabrook

its alittle short for an essay although its inetresting makes a person think about the difference sbetweenn the past and modern world, although giving dates and things would help this essay

stardust

Dear Erik: Thank you for reading!! This Essay has got 2 Parts. I guess, you haven´t read Part 2 yet. About specific time: It´s impossible to tell, since this Essay talks about Ancient Times, the possible Origin of Mother Nature, and the way the first humans on Earth must have viewed their world, from their own primitive perspectives. Maybe, it all happened millions of years ago...Thank you for staying here, dear Erik!! Kind Regards. Starry.

PaintedDiary

Dear Ms Stardust

I love this essay. Again as a Scientist of Geology and Astronomy, these theories still ring true. The Concept is called the Concept of Uniformitarianism.

Uniformitarianism is one of the most important unifying concepts in the geosciences. This concept developed in the late 1700s, suggests that catastrophic processes were not responsible for the landforms that existed on the Earth's surface. This idea was diametrically opposed to the ideas of that time period which were based on a biblical interpretation of the history of the Earth. Instead, the theory of uniformitarianism suggested that the landscape developed over long periods of time through a variety of slow geologic and geomorphic processes.

These deep cracks are indeed Faults, trenches, fisures, and are all caused by the dynamic of this planet. This planet is alive, geologically speaking. Not only Volcanoes, but fissures, Hydrothermal Vents, Geysers, and etc., let the geothermal pressure escape.

The Earth is roughly divided into plates that float on the asthenosphere, or molten layer, and move about 3 to 4 centimeters per year! About the same rate as one's fingernail!

Amazing, yes, this water planet is housing a furnace of molten Fe and Ni, Iron, and Nickel, which gives rise to our magnetosphere.

Awesome Essay, Ms Stardust!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loved It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I will also read Part 2.

{{{~~**KIM**~~}}}

stardust

OHHHHHHHHH!!! BEAUTIFUL TEACHER, Ms. Kim!!! Let me tell you, my friend, YOU ARE AN OPEN BOOK OF WISDOM!! You are indeed, a Gorgeous Teacher and SOOOOO SMART!!! Your anwer is just Awesome, and it impressed me so much, darling dear Ms. Kim. (((BIG HUGS))) Sincerely and Most Faithfully, Starry.