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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
Johanns Kepler (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>.
MLA formatting by BibMe.org.
Spencer’s Works Cited "NASA - Home ." NASA - Home . N.p., n.d.
Web. 27 Jan. 2011. <http://www.nasa.gov/>.
MLA formatting by BibMe.org.
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>.