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===[[Gergana]] – ''"Brass | ===[[Gergana]] – ''"Brass Sixtant"''=== | ||
The Sextant has been used to measure the angle between any two visible objects. It is an important part of celestial navigation( sailing). The angle and the time when it was measured, can be used to calculate a position line on a nautical point. Around 1750 the | The Sixtant (or Sextant pls ignore the name) has been used to measure the angle between any two visible objects. It is an important part of celestial navigation( sailing). The angle and the time when it was measured, can be used to calculate a position line on a nautical point. Around 1750 the Sixtant ( and Octant) became the main instrument for navigation. | ||
Check the gif!:)[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Using_the_sextant_edit1.gif?uselang=de commons] | |||
Further reading [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextant wiki] | |||
[[File:Brass Sextant.jpg]] | [[File:Brass Sextant.jpg]] | ||
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Me-as-explorer
Find, analyze and present a portrait of yourself / self portrait in a ten-minute lecture. Please consider what it means to be an explorer and how that manifests in the chosen image of yours: Look, pose, attitude, equipment/clothing, surrounding situation, etc... Please do retrieve the image from your personal stock ranging back all those years of your past life!!! (we do not want you to produce/stage a new image, since this is a task to come yet)
Please post your images and a short text below (please adapt and replicate the following example)
FirstName LastName – "Title"
Description text......
- Filename.extension
Title
- …(post more files in the same way)
Expedition item
Find, analyze and present an "expedition item" in a ten-minute lecture. Please post your images and a short text below (please adapt and replicate the following example)
Caroline – "Wildnisweltkarte"
Hier sieht man welche Gebiete noch mehr oder weniger von Menschen unberührt sind. Ganz gut als Überblick für potentielle Expeditionsziele.
Expedition item
Gergana – "Brass Sixtant"
The Sixtant (or Sextant pls ignore the name) has been used to measure the angle between any two visible objects. It is an important part of celestial navigation( sailing). The angle and the time when it was measured, can be used to calculate a position line on a nautical point. Around 1750 the Sixtant ( and Octant) became the main instrument for navigation. Check the gif!:)commons Further reading wiki
