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Keystone
Weekly This week's Key Points:
*Web Pick of the Week* and *Awesome Science!* North Pole Web Cam http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html The North Pole—so often spoken of, so little seen. But now you, and anyone else with web access, can take a look, thanks to a web cam deployed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). This is the first North Pole web cam, and its purpose is to track the North Pole snow cover, weather conditions, and the status of the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory's instrumentation, which includes meteorological and ice sensors.
The images are updated every six hours. Take a look! For
more information about this camera and the project, explore
NOAA's Arctic site linked above, or this article from the
New York Times:
Awesome Science! Rare Planetary Alignment http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article _572_1.asp May 2002 is a special month for skygazing. There's a "rare dance of planets" happening. As the school year comes to an end and the warm nights begin, encourage students to go out and gaze at the night sky. Take a look at the article linked above for information on where and how best to view this special arrangement of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9819641. © 2003. All rights reserved.
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