The average distance (the mean distance) between the Earth and the Sunâ¦ is about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles). The average distance from the Earth to the Sun is also called 1 astronomical unit (or AU).
After watching a television show about climbing Mount Everest, Cindy Abbott had a dream: climb the highest mountain in the world. She did just that in May 2010. Here she takes a break on the summit of Mount Everest.
Hillary Clintonâs First National Splash: LIFE Magazine in 1969. Something Wild: At Home With Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a 400-Pound Lion. Photos of Tippi Hedren, her teenage daughter, Melanie Griffith, and Neil, a 400-pound mature lion who had the run of their California home. Tippi Hedren, perhaps most famous for her role in Alfred Hitchcockâs The Birds, is an actress of formidable gifts. Hitch himself said, when directing her in that classic film, that Hedren had âa faster tempo, city glibness, more humor [than another frequent Hitchcock heroine, Grace Kelly].