Discussion on title “The Gray Beginnings ” SMK Rachel.L.Carson who sensitively interprets scientific data in her essay in “The Gray Beginnings” describes the origin and creation of the word “gray”. The gray beginnings refer to the shadowy, dark and cloudy atmosphere of the world when it came into existence. The earth at the start was a molten mass. The cooling earth was covered with clouds which did not let the sun rays reach the dark gray earth. These were the beginnings of our world. It was much later that the earth cooled from liquid to solid, the moon was born and the oceans were formed. And then life and vegetation became possible. The gray beginnings are the opening chapter of the Sea Around Us. It is an illustration of the scientifically accurate and lyrically beautiful way in which the writer stretches the reader’s imagination by revealing the magic an...