Thursday, November 20, 2008

Sailing With The Winds

Trip Itinerary and approximate latitude: Havana, Cuba 25 degrees north. London, England 57 degrees north.
Travel time:9 days
Direction traveling:NE
Were you successful? Yes
How many attempts? 3
How were you successful? by using the prevailing westerlies to move faster
What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel?Prevailing westerlies

Trip Itinerary and approximate latitude: San Francisco, United States
Travel time:13 days
Direction traveling:SW
Were you successful? Yes
How many attempts? 1
How were you successful? by using the trade winds to get to the doldrums to travel faster
What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel?Trade winds, and the doldrums

Trip Itinerary and approximate latitude: Lima, Peru 13 degrees south. Cape Town, South Africa
Travel time:15 days
Direction traveling:NE
Were you successful? Yes
How many attempts? 3
How were you successful? by using the prevailing westerlies to move faster then cut up when you get close to the docking place
What winds did you take advantage of or compete with during your travel?prevailing westerlies


Monday, November 17, 2008

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Photochemical Smog


Photochemical smog is a brown haze that happens to develop in sunny cities. this smog is produced by the sunlight hitting pollutants. These chemicals can form to a brownish ozone that settles in the troposphere. For many reasons you here that it does noy matter because ozone blocks ultra violet light and protects living things. Ozone can also be bad for people wen it is as low as the troposphere because it can irritate the eyes, throat, and lungs. to solve this problem people need to start to bun less and less coal and wood.