Here’s another chance to play geographical detective! ThisMulti-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) image covers an areameasuring approximately 320 kilometers x 260 kilometers, and wascaptured by the instrument’s vertical-viewing (nadir) camera on October26, 2001.
NOTE: To make identification of this scene more difficult, the imagehas been rotated such that north is not necessarily at the top.
Below are nine statements about the islands highlighted in thisimage. Use any reference materials you like, and mark each statementtrue or false:
1. There are no endemic species of cactus on any of the islands.
2. Flamingos, whose diets include crustaceans, tiny fish, and algae,can be found wading in brackish lagoons.
3. A change in ocean temperature associated with an episodicdisruption in atmospheric circulation led to a precipitous decline inthe local penguin population.
4. Discovery of the islands is generally attributed to a 16th centurySpanish missionary whose vessel veered off its intended course.
5. A recurring and dramatic geological event took place on thewesternmost island in 1988, 1991 and 1995, causing injury or death toover 2,000 people.
6. Several plant species are endangered due to decimation by goatsand competition with non-native vegetation.
7. Within the archipelago there are at least half a dozen freshwaterlakes with diameters exceeding 250 meters.
8. A particular endangered animal sub-species is survived by a singlemale, and attempts at breeding have so far proved unsuccessful.
9. Chapter 13 of a book written in the mid-nineteenth century by anative of Shrewsbury, England is primarily concerned with the islands ofthis archipelago.
E-mail your answers, name (initials are acceptable if you prefer),and your hometown by Tuesday, December 18, 2001 tosuggestions@mail-misr.jpl.nasa.gov.
Answers will be published on the MISR web site(http://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov) in conjunction with the next weekly imagerelease. The names and home towns of respondents who answer allquestions correctly by the deadline will also be published in the orderresponses were received. The first 3 people on this list who are notaffiliated with NASA, JPL, or MISR and who did not win a prize in thelast quiz will be sent a print of the image.
A new "Where on Earth...?" mystery appears as the MISR "image of theweek" approximately once per month. A new image of the week is releasedevery Wednesday at noon Pacific time on the MISR home pagehttp://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov. The image also appearson the Atmospheric Sciences Data Center home page, http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/, thoughusually with a several-hour delay.
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Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team.
