Thursday, November 20, 2008

Havanna Cuba(25n) to London England(50n)

Hi this is your captain and we had an 9 day deadline to get from Cuba to London. It took us 2 tries because we got stuck on one the northern horse latitudes and lost progress. When we did reach our destination we used the prevailing westerlies as we traveled East, North-East.We were successful because of the strong westerlie winds. So join us for our next journey whatever it may be.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Ozone

The ozone is one if the things that make the earth a pretty and unique place. The ozone is a bond of three oxygen atoms to make a layer in the atmosphere.It is used for the protection against harmful UV rays that come from sunlight rays. They deplete after the CFC s break them into thirds and attract them to other non oxygen molecules.That is the effect that ozone has on the atmosphere.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

photochemical smog

Photochemical smog is smog that comes from sunlight touching the pollutants in the air. This is becoming more and more common throughout the world because almost all of it is man made. The chemicals react as hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. They form they react to form a brownish mixture of ozone and other pollutants. When this pollutant gets in the air it can irritate the eyes throat and lungs. It can easily harm plants animals and other living things.