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

  1. Latitude/Longitude of data collection site:
      39.43 North degrees latitude
      105.23 West degrees longitude
  2. Time zone: MDT
  3. 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

  1. TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS

    Recording date: 04/07/97

  2. 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

  3. GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 41.8 degrees celsius
      10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 59.5 degrees celsius

  4. WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM Below surface: 9 DEGREES CELSIUS

  5. WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
      Wind speed Beaufort Number: 3
      Wind Speed in (Km/hour): 12-19

      Wind direction:

      This reading was taken at 1800

  6. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

      30.03 Inches of Mercury falling

      Altitude: 1620 M above sea level

  7. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
      Relative humidity: 34 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
  1. SOIL
    5.6 percent Clay
    78.7 percent Sand
    15.7 percent Silt

  2. 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

  3. FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
    • Three most common trees:
        Eastern cottonwood
        cherry
        oak
    • Three most common plants:
        grass
        milkweed
        willow
    • Three most common birds:
        Mallard duck
        Black Billed magpies
        American robin
    • Other common animals:
        spiders
        bugs

  4. ROCK ANALYSIS
      Pike's Peak granite
      granite
      quartz

    Site collection took place in the following areas:
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