Today in class, we were given a choice. We could either work on p. 179 – 186 on the remote sensing lab or if we finished the lab last night, we could work on our color presentation projects together. After turning in our color labs on p. 187 – 189, we set off to work. Some groups worked on the lab while other groups hopped on computers and decided to start looking up anything and everything about their designated topic.
Even though the day wasn’t as action-packed as the last two days, our group still managed to get some research into our designated topic: green flashes. Groups of people started congregating towards some computers to be with their teams. Our group stayed on four separate computers and emailed links to ourselves. Apparently green flashes are rare. With the weather and the clouds like it is in Ohio, we’ll probably rarely see one.
Anything of the remote sensing lab that we didn’t complete is homework. The color presentation is due next Tuesday. Rubrics are found on p. 191 of the lab manuel.
QOD: Why do telescopes that detect infrared radiation have to be located outside of the Earth’s atmosphere?
I’m not exactly sure about how to answer this but I’ll try. Because the Earth’s atmosphere is a thick blanket that shields us from ultraviolet waves and produces the greenhouse effect, much of the infrared radiation is absorbed by our atmosphere. Placing a telescope on high mountains would not serve our purpose in gauging infrared radiation because it is only able to measure a small part of the atmosphere. Putting telescopes in outer space can help us gauge the infrared radiation that the atmosphere absorbed on a much grander scale.
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