Aerial Photography Dark Room in a Hot-Air Balloon The first known aerial photograph was taken in 1858 by French photographer and balloonist‚ Gaspar Felix Tournachon‚ known as "Nadar". In 1855 he had patented the idea of using aerial photographs in mapmaking and surveying‚ but it took him 3 years of experimenting before he successfully produced the very first aerial photograph. It was a view of the French village of Petit-Becetre taken from a tethered hot-air balloon‚ 80 meters above the ground. This
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Research Investigation Safety features in cars Air Bags Air bags are safety features installed in cars so that upon collision the driver limits the damage that is inflicted on him/her. There are several different types of air bags. These include‚ Supplementary Restraint System (SRS)‚ an Air Cushion Restraint System (ACRS) and the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR). Air bags are commonly known for their rapid inflation upon a collision. They can inflate and deflate within 0.05 seconds
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Some Like It Hot In “Some Like It Hot” by Lawrence Lessig‚ he talks about piracy and what piracy is. It talks about the different types of items that people use piracy for. Piracy is when someone makes their own copy of a product that has its own copyright. I think that piracy is wrong for a many reasons. Including: it brings down the economy‚ the artists that create the piece are not getting paid for it‚ and piracy is also considered stealing. First‚ I am going to discuss how piracy brings
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The streets were empty‚ surrounded by silence. Darkness was my only companion‚ apart from my dad. I was looking ahead towards the long road in front of me. And a sudden surge of emotions ran throughout my body. I was excited‚ yet I felt unsure. I felt unprepared. But‚ nevertheless‚ I wanted to get it over with. After a long debate with my dad‚ he finally agreed to let me drive to Ateneo but with the condition that we had to leave the house at five in the morning. I did not think he would have
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My Path to The United States Air Force I always wanted to go into the military as a little kid. Now‚ actually being at the age of what I need to decide on what I’m going to do for my future is a little harder than I thought it was going to be. I have chose to do my project on The United States Air Force. It has always intrigued me to join the military because of my grandfather. He was in the Air Force and always told me stories about when he was in the service. I really wasn’t sure about what
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Running head: HOT BUTTON ISSUE PAPER Hot Button Issue Paper Introduction Technologies evolve‚ but sex and violence have always been and remain hot button issues in the media. The pace of the new technological change can be so great that we can no longer wait on formal media effects research to guide our personal decisions. There have been many changes that have been taken place with media sex and violence today since I was a child. I believe that the media technologies have increased the negative
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cause a balloon to expand. It was hypothesized that baking soda mixed with lemon juice and vinegar would cause the balloon to expand. Using these ideals the experiment was completed and the data was recorded. It was decided that the hypothesis was correct. Baking soda mixed with vinegar and lemon juice caused the balloon to expand. There was no reaction with the balloon when the baking soda was poured into the water or oil. The moment the baking soda hit the vinegar and lemon juice‚ the balloon started
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trucks‚ buses‚ ships and trains account for 90% of the cancer risk associated with air pollution” (europa.eu). Air pollution is the introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals‚ particulates‚ or biological materials that cause discomfort‚ disease‚ or death to humans‚ damage other living organisms such as food crops‚ or damage the natural environment or built environment. The Earth is surrounded by a blanket of air that’s polluted with gases from the atmosphere such as the industries‚ agriculture
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Diary‚ and the Balloon Boy. A theory that caused the Balloon Boy Hoax‚ which I believe to be true‚ is that a couple were greedy for fame. But why did they pull off such a hoax? Was the aspect of fame really worth such a serious prank? On October 15‚ 2009‚ in Fort Collins‚ Colorado‚ United States‚ parents Richard and Mayurni Heene set float to a large homemade gas balloon. What made this story so scary‚ was that they claimed their six year old son‚ Falcon‚ was inside the balloon when it was released
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Within Richard Preston’s‚ The Hot Zone‚ the very real threats posed by the deadly viruses of Marburg and Ebola Reston is brought to attention through the “terrifying true story”. In the first chapter‚ Charles Monet is introduced as a man with a little too much free time and works at the pump house at the sugar factory within near the base of Mt. Elgon. One day in 1980‚ he takes a female friend to Kitum Cave‚ and it is believed that this is the day he caught the Marburg virus. The first symptoms include
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