Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.

PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT

Planetary Data Input from:

Jan Wee, MYSTERY SITE #4

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I. SITE DESCRIPTORS

  1. Latitude/Longitude of data collection site:
      MYSTERY SITE! You locate! degrees latitude
      MYSTERY SITE! You locate! degrees longitude
  2. Time zone:
  3. Biome Description: forest
      deciduous
      This site is along a lake created by the last glacial advance. The steep slopes surrounding the lake are remnants of ancient mountains and the rock type is a very hard quartzite. The lake is over 250' deep.
II. WEATHER DATA

  1. TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS

    Recording date: 4/19/97

  2. AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
    1st reading
    time: 10:00     		2nd reading
    		3rd reading
    1 CM ABOVE GROUND: 14
    1 METER ABOVE GROUND: 15
    2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: 15

    High temperature for the day: 16 degrees celsius
    Low temperature for the day:: 13 degrees celsius

  3. GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 11 degrees celsius
      10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 9 degrees celsius

  4. WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM Below surface: 7 DEGREES CELSIUS

  5. WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
      Wind speed Beaufort Number: 2
      Wind Speed in (Km/hour): 1.6

      Wind direction:

      This reading was taken at 10:50

  6. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

      29.4 Inches of Mercury rising

      Altitude: 325 M above sea level

  7. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
      Relative humidity: 55 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
  1. SOIL
    10 percent Clay
    60 percent Sand
    30 percent Silt

  2. WATER ANALYSIS - (50ml sample)
      pH Value: 8
      Hardness: n/a grains per gallon
      Iron:
        Colloidal (bacterial iron): n/a parts per million
        Red Water Iron: n/a parts per million
        Clear Water Iron: n/a parts per million

  3. FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
    • Three most common trees:
        Jack Pine
        Red Oak
        Black Oak
    • Three most common plants:
        Lady Fern
        Milkweed
        Dandelion
    • Three most common birds:
        Mallard
        Great BlueHeron
        Blue Jay
    • Other common animals:
        White-tail deer
        Racoon
        Red Fox

  4. ROCK ANALYSIS
      Quartzite
      Slate


    Site collection took place in the following areas:

      glacially transported
      exposed bedrock area
      shoreline