Student scientists do fieldwork from high above California
Friday, July 24, 2009 - 18:56
in Astronomy & Space
A new collaboration between NASA and the University of North Dakota lets them take to the air in a DC-8 to get readings on air pollution, ocean toxin dangers and crops' water loss. Just 1,000 feet above the ground, people, cars and trees were still visible from the small plane. The air was turbulent here, shaking the passengers as they took their careful...