Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.
PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT
Planetary Data Input from:
Patricia Duggan Cook, Forest Acres Elementary-4th gr
I. SITE DESCRIPTORS
- Latitude/Longitude of data collection site
:
34 north degrees latitude
82 west degrees longitude
- Time zone: EST
- Biome Description: forest
coniferous
Welcome to our Mars site. It seems there is life
here!
We landed in some kind of forest with different colored
plants, and a slow-moving creek that is located is in a
small ravine. The ground is sandy, grassy and dry.
grassy.
II. WEATHER DATA
- TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS
Recording date: 3/27/97
- AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
| 1st reading
time: 12:30 | 2nd reading
12:40 | 3rd reading
12:50 |
1 CM ABOVE GROUND: |
21 | 22
| 23 |
1 METER ABOVE GROUND: |
20 | 23
| 23 |
2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: |
18 | 21 |
21 |
High temperature for the day: 20 degrees celsius
Low temperature for the day:: 5 degrees celsius
- GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 25 degrees celsius
10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 20 degrees celsius
- WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
1 CM Below surface: 13 DEGREES CELSIUS
- WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
- BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
- RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Relative humidity: 20 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
- SOIL
40 percent Clay
56 percent Sand
4 percent Silt
- WATER ANALYSIS - (50ml sample)
pH Value: 6
Hardness: 8 grains per gallon
Iron:
Colloidal (bacterial iron): 0 parts per million
Red Water Iron: 0 parts per million
Clear Water Iron: 2 parts per million
- FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
- Three most common trees:
- Three most common plants:
- Three most common birds:
- Other common animals:
- ROCK ANALYSIS
Site collection took place in the following areas: