Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.

PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT

Planetary Data Input from:

Jan Wee, MYSTERY SITE # 7

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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: N/A
  3. Biome Description: grassland

      This site is located along a riverbank and is located in a city park serving recreational needs of the adjacent community. The site provides scenic viewing of barges and riverboats, bird watching - especially water fowl, and water mammals such as otter, beaver, and muskrat. The area is considered to be part of the cropland and woodland environment.
II. WEATHER DATA

  1. TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS

    Recording date: 4/20/97

  2. AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
    1st reading
    time: 16:51     		2nd reading
    		3rd reading
    1 CM ABOVE GROUND: 18
    1 METER ABOVE GROUND: 19
    2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: 19

    High temperature for the day: 19 degrees celsius
    Low temperature for the day:: 5 degrees celsius

  3. GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 14 degrees celsius
      10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 12 degrees celsius

  4. WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM Below surface: 11 DEGREES CELSIUS

  5. WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
      Wind speed Beaufort Number: 3
      Wind Speed in (Km/hour): 9.54

      Wind direction:

      This reading was taken at 17:25

  6. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

      29.5 Inches of Mercury rising

      Altitude: 305 M above sea level

  7. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
      Relative humidity: 71 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
  1. SOIL
    10 percent Clay
    60 percent Sand
    30 percent Silt

  2. WATER ANALYSIS - (50ml sample)
      pH Value: 7
      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:
        Silver maple
        Green Ash
        River birch
    • Three most common plants:
        Wood nettles
        Canary Grass
        River Bull Rush
    • Three most common birds:
        Wood duck
        Bald eagles
        Robin
    • Other common animals:
        Grey squirrel
        Rabbit
        Otter/Muskrat

  4. ROCK ANALYSIS
      Sandstone
      Limestone
      Dolomite

    Site collection took place in the following areas:
      along a stream/river