EARTHKAM

By: Judd, Spencer, and Jason

Class Picture

Grand Canyon

Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

Dead Zone Information There is no life in the dead zone Polluted part of the Gulf of Mexico Caused by nitrogen fertilizer, animal manure,

car pollution, power plants and waste from the Mississippi River

Condition called hypoxia We can help stop it by not polluting as much

New Zealand

North Island

New Zealand Information The 2 main cities are Hastings and Napier Volcanic activity occurs in the central part Occasional mild earthquakes North Island is part of the Pacific Islands

Mono Lake

Mono Lake Information Alkaline lake in the high desert of the Eastern Sierra

is home for many life forms One of the oldest lakes in the world Naturally saline waters mix with fresh water springs

creating calcium carbonate (limestone) Algae are the food source for trillions of brine shrimp

and alkali flies that thrive in the salty water Home to microbe GFAJ-1 which thrives on arsenic Arsenic is poisonous to most life

Orbital MechanicsEarly Space Exploration

First astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)

Thought the sun was center of universe Proved Earth rotates on axis once a day Thought Earth rotates in a perfect circle –which is

wrong Second astronomer

JohannsKepler (1571-1630) Discovered Mars does not rotate in a perfect circle Found out the planets do not go in a uniform circle,

but in elipitical orbits Learned the sun in not focus of the universe

EarthKAM Camera System Uses the Nikon D2Xs Digital Camera,

controlled by the Lenovo (IBM) T61p Laptop.

Takes and downloads student image requests

Resolution: 12.40 Megapixels Shutter 30-1/8000 LCD Size 2.5 inch Dimensions 6.2 x 5.9 x 3.4 in. (158 x 150 x 86 mm)

Jason’s Works Cited

Ride, Sally. “North Island New Zealand.” https://earthkam.ucsd.edu/ek-images/favorites/ISS009ESC1133211853.2010. Web. Jan 27, 2011.

Judd’s Works Cited

Dead Zones "Dead Zones in the Gulf of Mexico." EarthKAM.

N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2011. <https://earthkam.ucsd.edu/ek-images/investigating_images/gulfmexico>.

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Spencer’s Works Cited

"NASA - Home ." NASA - Home . N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2011. <http://www.nasa.gov/>.

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Group Works Cited

Early Space Exploration "Early Space Exploration." EarthKAM. N.p.,

n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2011. <https://earthkam.ucsd.edu/students/students_orbital_mechanics#early_space_exploration>.