Base camp handbook for Mission:Planet X
Home town Spanish scientists:
El Paso, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
Images: pixabay.com, lavozdelapalma.com
Home town Polish scientists:
Torun, Poland
Content: Part 1: General Information ●
Our country
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Famous national people
Part 2: Astronomy Information ●
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Food and festivities
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Nature
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Our town and school
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Astronomical tourism in Torun and La Palma Astronomical view points in La Palma Astronomers from Poland Astronomical discoveries from Poland Planetarium Torun Observatories in La Palma and Torun Telescope GranTeCan in La Palma Astrophysical Institution of the Canary Islands
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Spain has 46.56 millions inhabitants in (2016)
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Extension :505 370 km Government;Monarch Parlement in Democracy Spain is divided in 17 autonomous communities and 50 provinces
The capital city of Spain is Madrid
Spain
We pay with Euros In Spain we speak Spanish and 5 more local languages . Spain was in a Civil War from 1936-1939. Then Franco was the leader of a Fascist Republic. He died in 1975 and then Spain became a Democratic country.
The king of Spain is Felipe sixth
Images:Casa real,wikipedia,flickr.com,map wikipedia,word press.com
Spain and Canary Islands ●
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Images: Playle’s
Masa Boregera Tienda souvenirs Madrid
Canary Islands is at 2092km from Madrid and Canary Islands are 244 km from the Sahara Canary Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean,there are 7 islands that are La Palma, Tenerife,Gran Canaria,El Hierro,La Gomera,Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.El Paso is in La Palma.
Country Poland ●
We live in Poland. Our Capital city is Waszawa. We speak Polish. In Poland lives 38 milion people. Our money is „złoty”.
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We live in a region called Kujawsko – pomorskie. The pictures - wikipedia
Country Poland ●
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Our neighbours are: Germany, Russia, Lithaunia, Czech Republic, Belarus, Slovakia. Poland is 3582 km long
We have many folk dances – pictures Wikipedia
Biskupin is one of the first Polish towns – it is very old. Now there are archeological festivals. It is near Torun.
Famous Spanish people
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Music: María Dolores Flores Ruíz, know artistically as Lola Flores and nicknaned the Faraona. She born on January 21, 1923 from Cádiz.
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Television: Eva María González is a model, actress and presenter of Spanish television, winner of the tittle MISS Spain 2003. Born on November 5, 1980 in Sevilla.
Image:bing.com. Info:Wiikipedia.
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Scientific: Chemist, discovered new material that changes CO2 in harmless gas Rigoberto Rodríguez Rodrígez, was born on October 6, in 1986, also known as Rigo. He lives in La Laguna, but he's from El Paso.
Famous people from Spain ●
Literature: Miguel de cervantes born in Alcala de Henares on september 29,1547.He wrote the quixote de la mancha
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Sport: Iniesta was born on may 11,1984.Ficho by the football club barcelona in 1996,to won 5 champions
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History: Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on 25 october,1881 in Malaga.He was a famous painter.One of his most famous works is El Sueño
Photos: Wikipedia.org, flickr. Info:Wikipedia.
Famous people – Poland ●
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This is Maria Skłodowska – Curie – polish scientist – she got Nobel Prize in Chemistry
This is Queen Jadwiga – she was queen in XIV century. She is a patron of Poland. Picture from wikipedia. And this is Margaret. Polish singer.
Famous people - Poland ●
This is Kamil Stoch – he is a ski jumper. He got many prizes.
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This is Jan Paweł II. He was a polish Pope.
This is Lech Wałęsa. He was a polish president. He has got a Peace Nobel Prize
Festivities in Spain
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“San Martín”
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“Caballos Fuscos”
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“San Fermín”
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11 november
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26 august
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From 6 to 14 july
It is celebrated in all Spain , we eat chesnuts, sweet potatoes , potatoes and “mojo picòn” (a typical canarian spicy sauce)
It is celebrated in Tazacorte , on La Palma. The horses are made of cane covered with coloured paper.
Images: Caballos fuscos.com . San martin .com . Fiesta san fermin . com
It is celebrated in Pamplona in the north of Spain , the “encierro” , consists in a route of 849 meters running in front of bulls through the streets of the city.
Food in Spain
The wrinkled potatoes are usually eaten with mojo that carries, pepper, salt, oil and garlic.
The Spanish omolette is the same as a normal tortilla but you put orions and potatoes .
It’s a typical canarian dessert. It’s made of chocolate, sugar, eggs, hazelnuts and almonds Images: arrozconleche.com, wikipedia.es,elpatodechocolate.blogspot.com,es.wikipedia.org
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Serrano ham is cured in cameras between 8 to 86 months .
“Arroz con leche” .The rice with milk and sugar is cooked slowly. It is a dessert.
FOOD Christmas – POLAND ●
In Poland we like dumplings – it is made of flour and it has different stuffing
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We like poppyseed cake
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We like beetroot soup – photo aniagotuje.pl
Food Easter – Poland ●
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We have breakfast in the morning – it is very important meal
We like eggs, cheescake, soup called „Żurek” and cake called „mazurek” - photo travellist and aniagotuje.pl
Nature in Spain
Tablas de Daimiel ●
Is located in the province of (Ciudad Real,Castilla la Mancha ).There are numeraus aquatic animals
Images : pixabay
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Timanfaya. It is located in Lanzarote( canary island ).There are many types of species.
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Garajonay Is located in la gomera al (canary islands).Is a shelter for about 1.000 species
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The canary Islands have a great wealth of vegetation.It is very steep terrain, the vegetation is volcanic and has proximity to the African continent. Some nacional parks are The Caldera of Taburiente situated in la Palma or Garajonay situated in la Gomera ! It´s very beautiful!
La Palma,Caldera de Taburiente
La Gomera,Garajonay Images:pixabay
El Teide,Tenerife
Nature – Poland ●
In Poland we have many beautiful places: The Baltic Sea, Tatra Mountains, Mazury Lake. We have many beautiful forests and we have a cave called „Paradise Cave”. Photo: krajobrazypolskie.pl
Nature – Poland ●
In Poland lives many animals: brown bear and European bison. The birds like stork. photos: wikipedia
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We have beautiful flowers: snowdrops – they start spring in Poland.
El Paso - Town â—?
El Paso has an extension of 135,92 km2
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Silk museum Images: lavozdelapalma.com, palmerosenelmundo.wordpress, buscarenlapalma.com
The population in 2016 was 7457 inhabitants
School La Rosa â—?
We also have a library
This is the playground of our school,
We will show you the classroom in which we work in English
My town – Toruń in Poland ●
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Toruń is old medieval town. It is famous because of Nicolaus Copernicus and Gingerbreads – pictures – our teacher
My school – Primary School no. 28 Toruń ●
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My school has got name of Henryk Arctowski – famous polish explorer of Artic Circle. This is my school in winter.The picture - our teacher on 23.01.2018
In my school there is about 800 students. It is in the outskirts of the town. Picture – our teacher.
Astronomical tourism – Toruń ●
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Bella Skyway Festival – this is a festival of light, stars and sky. It is every August and it is popular.
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This is a monument called Helios – it shows the heliocentric theory discovered by Copernicus. Pictures from toruń touristic websites.
The fountain Cosmopolis – it is beautiful. It is to shows discovery of Nicolaus Copernicus. It shows the theory De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
Astronomical tourism in La Palma. ● ●
1:Astronomical trails 2:Dinners under the stars and rent a telescope
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3:Visit the Grantecan
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4:Camping in the Caldera of
GranTeCan
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5:Night visit to astronomicals viewpoint
IMAGES: National geographic
Star island la palma
Agenciasinc.es
Escapadarural.com
Astronomical view points La Palma
Los Andenes
La Cumbrecita
Los Llanos del Jable
turiscurioseando
Barranco de Garome
Famous astronomers – Poland – Toruń ●
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These are famous polish astronomers from Toruń. Nicolaus Copernicus – he discovered Heliocentrism. Now from Toruń is Aleksander Wolszczan – in 1992 he discovered first extrasolar planetary system. Astronomer and cosmonaut Mirosław Hermaszewski was the first Pole who was in Space. Pictures – wikipedia
Astronomical discoveries from Toruń ●
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The important discovery – Nicolaus Copernicus – heliocentrism
The important discovery – Aleksander Wolszczan – first extrasolar planets and pulsar planets. Photo: slideplayer.com
PLANETARIUM IN TORUŃ
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This is Planetarium in Toruń. It is popular in Toruń. There is sonda Cassini inside. Picture from Wikipedia and TripAdvisor.
Observatory in Toruń ●
15 km from Toruń, in Piwnice you find observatorium with telescopes.
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Astronomers observes the sky in Toruń. Photo – wikipedia
El Roque los muchachos (rock of the boys) in La Palma ●
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I was inaugurated in 1.985. It is situated on a hight of 2.426m.
Images:pixabay
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There are 15 telescopes, the most important are the GTC,William hershel, the Gallileo,the nortin opticay , the Isaac Newton.
Grand Telescope of the Canaries GTC
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The Grantecan has taken the deepest image of the Universe from Earth.
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Images: Gocolavarria y Pixabay. Info:Wikipedia.
It’s a Spanish project It’s the biggest telescope in the world. The mirror is 10,4 m. It’s a primary mirror telescope It’s in the northern hemisphere.
Astrophysical Institution of the Canary Islands
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The Institute of canarian astrophysics is a research center located in the Canary Islands taking advantage of the quality of its skies.
Images: es. wikipedia.org,iac.es ,dorarural.com
It’s objetives are : Astrophysics research , development of instrumentation training of research personnel , Teide Observatory , Roque de los Muchachos Observatory. Promotion of Science
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They take care of the observatories in El Teide in Tenerife and on Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma.