Open Google Earth. Fly to Rovaniemi, Finland. 2A) What latitude is Rovaniemi loc

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Open Google Earth. Fly to Rovaniemi, Finland.

2A) What latitude is Rovaniemi located at? Report in decimal degrees to 1 decimal place.

2B) What is the closest major line of latitude to Rovaniemi? While over Rovaniemi, click on the Sunlight Time Slider ( ). Alter the time zone to local time over Rovaniemi like you did in Lab 1. Within the time slider, click the zoom out button ( ) until the entirety of the year 2016 (or current year) is visible – it should look similar to this: Scroll all the way to the left to arrive at 1/1/2016 (or current year). Once there click the zoom in button ( ) until you are viewing just two days – it should look similar to this: Using the right arrow, click through the hours of the day.

2C) Approximately how many hours of daylight did Rovaniemi receive on January 1st?

2D) Manipulate the time slider until you can view a day in June (any day is fine). Approximately how many hours of daylight does Rovaniemi receive then?

2E) Explain the difference between the two times of the year for Rovaniemi. How can you explain the phenomena behind it?

Explanation / Answer

1. Latitude of rovaniemi loated at 66 degree 29 minutes 50 seconds.Decimal degrees are 66.4, 25.7.

2. Exact latitude line is 66 and closest major line is 65

3.Approximately 2hours 38 minutes daylight received by rovaneimi.

4.June 4th 22 hrs 50 minutes sunlight and june 10 receive whole day sunlight.

5. Rovaneimi, finland is over the arctic polar circle.January is winter season having snow fall also but in june month it's a summer season. During winter season sun does not rise above the horizon.

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