Fells Reservation, Massachusetts
Today is the longest night. The Day I think about the Sun. WHAT IF thoughts come to mind... Recently, I came upon this answer to the question about photosynthesis and the leaf's colors:
Photosynthesis (which literally means “light put together”) is that very elegant chemical process that jump-started life as we know it some 4 billion years ago. So to answer your question, we’ll need a short chemistry lesson. Basically six molecules of water (H2O) plus six molecules of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the presence of light energy produce one molecule of glucose sugar (C6H12O6) and emit six molecules of oxygen (O2) as a by-product. That sugar molecule drives the living world. Animals eat plants, then breathe in oxygen, which is used to metabolize the sugar, releasing the solar energy stored in glucose and giving off carbon dioxide as a by-product. That’s life, in a nutshell...
MICHAEL ELLIS, Bay Nature Magazine
... Yes, indeed. I am the Sun.
