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.
Nicholas Inman, 11, runs the Challenge Hill Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at the new Philip S. Miller Park in Castle Rock, Colo. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) After her second trip to the summit - a 200-stair climb straight up a ridge - Diana Pine could have been forgiven for cursing.