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von Kármán Lecture Series
Keeping an Eye on Earth's Changing Climate: The Ocean Surface Topography Mission
Presented by Dr. Parag Vaze
Ocean Surface Topography Mission Project Manager
Tune in at 9 p.m. CST on Thursday, August 21, 2008
and again on
Friday, August 22, 2008
(requires RealPlayer).

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Observation Tools

This guide will assist you in choosing and using the many different observation tools. First, you will need eyes. Most of have two, which is one more than is needed for the average eyepiece, unless you are using binoculars. Others may have more. Mothers, for example seem to have eyes in the back of their head. This could be very useful if they have two pair of binoculars or a telescope and a pair of binoculars.