By Nicholas Emken

5 Period

EarthKAM Project

Favorite Picture

Downtown Chicago

Chicago Suburbs

Lake Michigan

Storm System

Illinois

Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt

SeligenstadtZeppelin Museum

Europaturm

River Maine

49°93’ N, 8°77’ W

Altocumulus Clouds

Europaturm• Television broadcasting

structure• 295 metres tall• Upper portion rotates• Formerly housed restaurant• Built in 1979• Tallest structure in Frankfurt

Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, England

Shalfleet

Newtown

The Solent

Shalfleet

The Solent

Portsmouth

English Channel

The Isle of Wight

England

England

English Channel

Isle of Wight

London

France

50°45’ N, 1°42’W

Altostratus Clouds

Shalfleet Up Close

One of Shalfleet’s many quaint residences

Shalfleet from the airA field outside Shalfleet

Shalfleet’s single petrol station/ general store/ newsstand

37°42’ N, 127°12’ E

Daebu-do

Daenanji-do

West Sea

North Korea

Seoul

West Sea

South Korea

Incheon

Cirrus Clouds

Incheon

Incheon District, South Korea

Comoros Islands, Comoros

Indian Ocean

Cosmoeldo Group

Aldabra Islands

9°32’, 46°34’

Assumption Island

Astove Island

Comoros Islands

Giraud Seamount

Cirrocumulus Clouds

Comoros Islands

Indian Ocean

Madagascar

Comoros IslandsAfrica

A Close Look at the Comoros Islands

Airport lounge at Assumption Island

Lagoon at Aldabra Island

• Tortoises• Frigate Birds

Orbital Mechanics

• Minimum velocity needed to maintain

Earth orbit• Gravity curves theoretically

straight flight path into an orbit• Case A: Orbit path steeper

than curve of Earth surface• Case B: Orbit path parallel with

curve of Earth surface• Case C: Orbit path’s curve

shallower than curve of Earth’s surface

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