Show Little Known Facts About The Sun Few of us realize just how far 93 million the miles distance from our earth to the sun sun-is Lets Let's put it this way a newborn child placed on a spaceship flying toward the sun at miles an hour would be over 21 years old upon arrival Sunlight travels a bit b faster faster taking about eight minutes and 20 seconds to reach the earth Of course sunlight travels at more than miles per second Too much of that sun cando can cando do more than give a suntan The fact is that years of exposure may be harmful to your skin Moreover working or I 1 playing long hours In the sun may cause premature I I leath aging wrinkling leathery ry r 1 U Ut t texture and skin conditions This is ar especially true of blondes redheads skinned fair fair skinned peo- peo people pie and sunbelt dwellers Solar a condi condi- condition tion which in some cases may become malignant If untreated may result from too much exposure over overa a along long period of time Its symptoms include irregular red usually painless patches often orten found on the hands and face People who have such symptoms should see their doctors If not nott t treated in time solar kera may lead to skin cancer the most co mon form of cancer people A prescription medication made by alo IB IyE Traveling at more than miles p per r sec sea ond sunlight takes about eight minutes and 20 seconds to reach earth La Roche Inc is often orten applied to the skin with good results It is available in solution and In cream cream forms Only a physician can diagnose solar anti nd prescribe proper treatment For most people with wit light skin first exposure to the sun early in the season should not exceed ten to 15 minutes for each side If you begin tanning later in inthe the summer first exposure should be shorter particularly if you start in a climate sunnier than the one in which you live Increase exposure time by about a third each day The 1 time of day Is also rant tant The suns sun's burning rays are most intense between 11 am and 3 pm Compared with other othel h y stars the sun is actually e 1 only sized medium medium Still its diameter is about times the diameter of the earth Though its it's more important to us than any other object in the sky we should still be careful about about overexposure ov to its rays |