Palmer Station

This harbor is located on the Southwestern coast off the Antarctic Peninsula. It is used mainly for marine biology and ecological research. In the winter, it holds up to 10 people and in the summer about 40. I think that it would be really cool to travel to Antarctica and be around the penguins and other marine life, but the reality is that I am from a desert and I like my summers warm!

Elephant Butte

http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/PRD/elephant.htm

This is a link to Elephant Butte which is a place where my family likes to go camping and skiing. It is really sad when you come here and you see where the water line used to be and it just reminds you of the reality of living in a desert and Global Warming. It makes you wonder how long this butte is going to be around.

Carlsbad Caverns

 

 

This is Carlsbad Caverns which is located in Roswell, New Mexico. I personally have never been there but I would really like to one day! The minerals in the water that drip down from the ceiling create those points of limestone. They will also connect and create one massive pillar like the one that you see in the center of the picture.

Polar Bears

I think that Polar Bears are very special animals that are one of the animals that are being affected the most by the climate change. With the ice melting, it is making it harder for them to find food and many of them drown because there isn't any ice for them to climb onto when they are trying to hunt for food. I think that it is really sad that these beautiful animals are dying because their home is melting.

MI CASA!!!!

 

This is my one and only home. I have lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico for my entire life. Well, until now at least. The places I marked are my Grandma's house who lives next door to me, my house of course and my elementary, middle and high school. All of these places are very special to me and I am excited to share them with you.

Proportional Map

 

This is a Proprtional map that is showing the areas that Hispanics reside in. As you can see, the areas that are the most havily populated by Hispanics are California, Texas and New York.

Chloropleth Map

This is a Chloropleth map that is either trying to show the amount of waste in each state or the number of waste sites in each state. This may be a flaw in this map because the audience does not clearly know what the map is showing.