Today is 4-22, the day we celebrate Earth. This planet is about 24,000 Kilometers around, traveling through "space" at about 107,000 Km/Hr and if it spun the other way, the Coriolis Effect wouldn't cancel out those forces and Earth would have been a "dead stick" from the start.
At approximately 4.6 billion years old, it has been "home" to countless organism's and has had many face's. Geological history has proven a whole list of disasters, cataclysms and catastrophes have constantly afflicted this little world. Each has made it's mark, one of the largest "Extinction Events" is called the "Great Dying". There was a time in which every square mile of the planet had life of all types, but only the plants could have been seen from space. In the "Great Dying", roughly 90% of all life got cooked, burnt and buried. The remnants compacted and the Hydro-Carbons that remained later became "fossil fuels".
The most abundant mineral is SiO2, Silicon Dioxide and while it contributes to 90% of Earth's composition, the surface is only about 30% land. This is where the most familiar animals are found. There are nearly as many enigmas here as there is below "sea level", it is just now we have finally solved the puzzle behind the "cookie cutter" shapes to the continents. It is quite clear, on the surface any way, seismic activity is responsible. What is still unclear is exactly what drives the greatest "dynamic" to Earth's characteristics.
Even though Earth consists of only 1% water, it covers around 70% of it's surface. That vastly unexplored final frontier has so many secrets, only now have we learned many of the life thought to be gone forever has simply hidden beneath the waves. At the deepest point, life had to re-engineer itself to live in "visible light" darkness. However, when using other spectrum's of light, the entire environment illuminates under brilliant combinations of color most people, including me, may never see. The shapes and sizes of creatures found in this "incredible abyss" range literally from one extreme to another. Both the smallest and largest life forms will always call this eco-system home.
The "fire" of Earth can be found every where. Land, sea and air have many types of fire, the most familiar form is a molten rock. Found in all oceans and across all lands, it is also the most numerous. Feeding growth and sustaining Bio-chemical energy, magma contains all bio-chemical elements and supports another form of Earth's fire. Another supporter of the flame is almost as numerous, lightning is the result of electro-negative potential discharge. This "fire" is 10 times the of surface of the Sun in temperature and no where else on the planet can get any hotter! Being the manifestation of destruction and creation, it is the coolest.
No "fire" can happen without this weirdest of oceans. "Mother Earth's" breathe is 70% Nitrogen , 25% Oxygen and 5% of all the other gases. Almost every all animals are "bottom dwellers" and even fish have been known to function here. Birds are formed similar to fish and shrimp are similar to scorpions, so all forms of life are mirrors to each other. The only difference between Humans and animals is the form and the time they have to learn life. The "air" is every where is not just a "gas". It is the energy put out, Human thought is powerful and that makes us part of the "air"
No matter how destructive the scenario, "Mother" has always taken care of "us". "She" has made many sacrifices in order to make herself ready for Humans, Some of the coolest plants and animals had to step aside, for we could never have made it this far not being the most aggressive or most powerful. It has been written that "we humans can not destroy this world", well no. Even if you pound your fists to the ground, no harm will come to "mother". But, we have built machines to be many times more powerful than us to do jobs we can't do. so, by that reckoning, could you still say we can't harm Earth! If you can, please note you may be an idiot! The Ganges of India, Chernobyl's core is still "melting down", Every single last gasoline powered engine is replacing good atmospheric gases with the gases of "Venus" and if that is not enough to convince you to respect, honor and Love "Mother Earth", you can still "turn green" and quit breathing out all that Carbon Dioxide.
All this is "orchestrated" by what can only be called a "spirit" and no matter how you rationalize, If you can consider "God", you can consider "Gaia".
