Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.
PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT
Planetary Data Input from:
Janet K. Cook, Colorado's Finest Alternative High School
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I. SITE DESCRIPTORS
- Latitude/Longitude of data collection site
:
39.43 North degrees latitude
105.23 West degrees longitude
- Time zone: MDT
- Biome Description: forest
deciduous
The terrain is deciduous trees along a stream. The
water is cold and had lots of organisms in it. Spring had not yet
sprung--there were buds, but no leaves.
The rocks were mainly Pike's Peak Granite.
II. WEATHER DATA
- TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS
Recording date: 04/07/97
- AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
| 1st reading
time: 1800 | 2nd reading
| 3rd reading
|
1 CM ABOVE GROUND: |
53.8 |
| |
1 METER ABOVE GROUND: |
46.9 |
| |
2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: |
50.9 | |
|
High temperature for the day: 53 degrees celsius
Low temperature for the day:: 27 degrees celsius
- GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 41.8 degrees celsius
10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 59.5 degrees celsius
- WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
1 CM Below surface: 9 DEGREES CELSIUS
- WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
- BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
- RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Relative humidity: 34 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
- SOIL
5.6 percent Clay
78.7 percent Sand
15.7 percent Silt
- WATER ANALYSIS - (50ml sample)
pH Value: 7
Hardness: 7 grains per gallon
Iron:
Colloidal (bacterial iron): parts per million
Red Water Iron: parts per million
Clear Water Iron: 1.80 parts per million
- FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
- Three most common trees:
Eastern cottonwood
cherry
oak
- Three most common plants:
- Three most common birds:
Mallard duck
Black Billed magpies
American robin
- Other common animals:
- ROCK ANALYSIS
Pike's Peak granite
granite
quartz
Site collection took place in the following areas: