Happy Earth Day

As yogis and yoginis, we should know our home and we have many homes. We have our body, our mind, our physical house, our neighborhood, our local community, and yes our planet & universe.

In celebration of Earth Day & knowing our home – i.e. Earth – this week during classes we’ve been reviewing some facts about mother earth.

1. Current Population: 6.6 billion

2. Circumference at equator: 29,901.55 miles

3. Diameter at equator: 7,926.28 miles

4. Average distance from the sun: 93 million miles

5. Time it takes the sun’s rays to reach earth: 8 min 20 sec

6. Average distance from the moon: 238,857 miles

7. Lowest elevation: Dead Sea 1369 ft below sea level

8. Tallest Mountain from base to peak: Maua Kea (HI) 33,480 ft (13,796 ft above sea level and 20,000 ft below sea level). Note: Mt Everest is the tallest mountain 29,028 ft, but does not represent the most elevation gain.

9. Duration of a day on earth: 23 hr 56 min 4 sec. (That is why every 4 years we have a leap year. Add up those 3 min and 56 seconds each day for 4 years and you get one more full day!)

10. How to remember the order of the planets around the sun: My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,  Pluto – except our dear Pluto has recently lost is planetary status due to “inconsistences” in its orbit.)