tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post7646589707523847528..comments2024-03-28T06:19:50.620-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: Answer: Finding the measures of thingsDan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-15481862627478492622014-12-12T15:47:38.010-08:002014-12-12T15:47:38.010-08:00for comparison: Pi-Wi-Ack (Shower of Stars) 1872 M...<a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/pi-wi-ack-shower-of-stars-vernal-fall-400-feet-valley-of-yosemite/oAHzyuVVaiydHw?projectId=art-project" rel="nofollow">for comparison: Pi-Wi-Ack (Shower of Stars) 1872 Muybridge Albumen print - quite lovely</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-90840807264507576672014-12-12T14:09:52.150-08:002014-12-12T14:09:52.150-08:00Hello Dr. Russell and everyone.
Challenge was ver...Hello Dr. Russell and everyone.<br /><br />Challenge was very interesting, with new tools, lessons and with lots of fun and new facts. <br /><br />I didn't know about Jupiter, FL.<br />Double-source is a great advice to add to my list.<br /><br />I searched for "elevation" but couldn't find what those numbers meant. Until I read your answer :" "elevation" here means "height above the Yosemite Valley floor." The number (1,014 m) is extracted from a number of web pages that are hiking guides. For that purpose, "elevation" is a good number to indicate how difficult of a hike it is. " <br /><br />I liked too the topographic maps explanation and how you used as a verification tool.<br /><br />Finally, thanks for the reading carefully and seeing same language tricks. Many times, I forget to read twice and that causes issues. Also, I will read it again to learn better.<br /><br />Have a great weekend. Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-13179664699544695222014-12-12T13:22:31.667-08:002014-12-12T13:22:31.667-08:00About the distance from the Earth to Jupiter. Hans...About the distance from the Earth to Jupiter. Hans, Ramón and jon were right in their answers: <i>minimum distance</i> is about <b>588.5</b> million km (that's on the quoted <a rel="nofollow">NASA's Jupiter Fact Sheet</a>).<br /><br />The 628,743,036 km figure stands for the <b>mean</b> value at "minimum distance position" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_(planets)" rel="nofollow">opposition</a> from Earth, that is, when the Sun, then the Earth and then Jupiter stand in a line).Luís Miguel Viterbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13198394145108636883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-38505711420526792882014-12-12T10:43:14.766-08:002014-12-12T10:43:14.766-08:00good point/reminder about reeding context cautious...good point/reminder about <i>reeding context cautiously…</i> ;_-]<br />thanks for the cogent explanations and tools.<br />reminds me of these <a href="http://www.brainbashers.com/follow.asp" rel="nofollow">kind of instructions</a> from my paleo-education indoctrination days (Mr. Clark's math/life class - still view him flying the Po Valley looking for Tigers)…<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jupiterbeer.com/" rel="nofollow">this might be a Jupiter for you.</a><br />or<br /><a href="http://jupiler.be/nl/" rel="nofollow">in FR or NL</a><br /><br />serendipitous tie to recent water/67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (it is a Jupiter-Family comet) posts -<br /><a href="http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_fuels_debate_on_origin_of_Earth_s_oceans" rel="nofollow">ESA - if there had only been more power…or harpoon action</a><br /><a href="http://web.mit.edu/axs/Public/papers_to_print/Lowry_JFCs.pdf" rel="nofollow">Kuiper Belt</a><br /><a href="http://www2.ess.ucla.edu/~jewitt/kb.html" rel="nofollow">Kuiper background</a><br /><br />not to be overly nit picky, but the topo I looked at showed 40' intervals in the legend - seems to make more sense…?<br /><i>"See that elevation line at 4800? It's one heavy line below the top of the Fall. (Trace it with your finger.) The legend at the bottom of the map says these lines are 200 feet apart. "</i><br /><br />interesting example and worth noting Hans's longevity in searching, sorting and sensemaking…<br /><i>"Following the oil strike at Drake Oil Well in Pennsylvania in 1859, there was a short-lived oil drilling boom in California, but this was wiped out in 1867 when eastern oil could be sold cheaper. At the end of the first boom, 75 companies had drilled 60 wells in California, spending $1 million to produce $60,000 worth of oil"</i><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_Canyon_Oilfield" rel="nofollow">Pico Canyon</a><br /><a href="http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2010/12/wednesday-search-challenge-dec-29-2010.html" rel="nofollow">1st prohibitive well</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/28/math-common-core-schools-confusion/" rel="nofollow">⌘-F 2x4 - it's in the comments</a><br /><br />fwiw: another example of failing to read/follow directives… re: photospheres - for whatever reason they show "no data available" however street view points along the trail come up…¯\_(ツ)_/¯ <br /><a href="http://postimg.org/image/l8tkq0eyt/" rel="nofollow">Mist Trail photosphere - inactive</a><br /><a href="http://postimg.org/image/5ne79ta3v/" rel="nofollow">Mist Trail Pegman - active</a><br /><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/eriTM" rel="nofollow">a Yosemite view</a><br /><br />enjoy the sky water… in all its forms - hopefully no scuba @ the GPlex!<br /><a href="http://youtu.be/7Xf-Lesrkuc" rel="nofollow">Jupiter related ♫♪♭♩ to read by</a><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/tHor4VN8090" rel="nofollow">cola & winstons - celestial</a><br />or<br /><a href="http://youtu.be/Nz0b4STz1lo" rel="nofollow">Gustav Holst</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planets" rel="nofollow">another non-visual way to "look" at the Planets</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.com