Once again, brother Jack, very informative post.
I actually printed out those pictures, and continued lines of the sunbeams on top of the picture. After I calculated in scale the point where these lines crossed I noticed something interesting.
We all know that sun is no higher than
500 miles. However, the point where these drawn out lines of sunbeams crossed was at height of 513,7 miles.
This made me think. I have always thought that sun is flat round disk like the earth. This however would not fit in line with these drawn out lines. It was then when I realized that sun may have slightly convex bottom. That would explain the crossing point of the sunbeams as I will demonstrate in picture later.
I think the bottom of the sun is made out of mesh of long but thing metal rods or beams. Because metal turns bright yellow when heated, this mesh could not be seen from earth against the burning coal. This way burning coal would easily stay in the sun and shine light downwards on broader area than just flat bottomed disk. Adding fresh coal on top of the sun sun would still be easy and convenient for God.
This would also explain why sun is 500 miles away, and why crossing point of the sunbeams is higher than sun itself.