The circumference of the Earth at the equator is 24900 miles and the residents of the tropic areas travel that distance every 24 hours. They are traveling over a thousand miles an hour. At 38Â° latitude we are traveling about 820 miles per hour. That is quite impressive but it pales in comparison with the orbital speed of the Earth, The average distance of the Earth from sun is 93.5 million miles.
The Sargasso Sea is characterized by a free-floating mass of seaweed, predominately S. natans and S. fluitans, in the western Atlantic Ocean. Sargassum is also known as sea holly because of its highly branched thallus with hollow, berrylike floats (pneumatocysts) and many leaflike sawtooth-edged blades.
Gesso is a thick white pigment designed to cover untreated and unprimed canvas. The gesso has two purposes. The first is to cover the unprimed canvas so that the paint you apply does not bleed through the canvas.The second purpose is to 'smooth out' the painting surface so that your canvas will have a smooth painting area to work on. Untreated canvas is rough and very porous.esso is a thick white pigment designed to cover untreated and unprimed canvas. The gesso has two purposes. The first is to cover the unprimed canvas so that the paint you apply does not bleed through the canvas.