Tuesday, March 5, 2019

READING LOG: DESCRIPTION (PLACE)

PRE-READING

No
Day
Name of place
Why I am interesting to read
Questions before I read
1.
Friday
Grand Canyon, USA
Because I have read about this before and I also have watched about this place on TV. It was an amazing place where I really wanted to go there soon.
What are the characteristics of this place?
How old is this place?
Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
Because of the picture. I have never seen or read something like this before whether in books or TV. I really curious about this place for its beauty.
What are the characteristics of this place?
2.
Saturday
Great Barrier Reaf, Australia
Because I have seen and heard about this place before, even just a little. So, I was interested to read this in order to gain my knowledge about this place.
How beautiful Great Barrier Reaf is?
Yellowstone National Park, USA
Because I have seen and heard about this place on TV before. But the most important factor is because of the scenery showed in the picture. It made me curious to know more about this place
What are animals, places or things inside this national park?
3.
Monday
Olympus Mons, Mars
Because I am interesting in astronomy. So, I think it will be great if I read about a place which is not on the earth. Then, I chose this place because I have heard about it before.
How high and big Olympus Mons is?
What are the characteristics about this mountain?
Verona Rupes, Miranda (a moon of Uranus)
Because like I said before, I like anything about astronomy and space. So, I searched about it and found the tallest cliff in the solar system which is thi place and I was curious about it.
How high Verona Rupes is?
If I jump from this cliff, how long time needed from the top till I reach the bottom?
4.
Tuesday
Sea of Tranquility, Moon
Because I am curious about the first mankind landing on the moon. I just want to prove it by see it by myself.
Is that true Apollo 11 have landed on this place?

Valles Marineris, Mars
Because I was surprise by its comparison with the Grand Canyon which is extremely different. So, I wanted to read about it.
How big Valles Marinares is?


AFTER READING
Day 1
Friday, March 1, 2019

Time
21.30-21.35
First Place
Grand Canyon, USA
Description of Place
The Grand Canyon, located in Arizona, USA, is a steep-sided canyon by the Colorado River for over 5,000 years ago. It has 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and also 1 mile (1.857 km) deep. 1.8 billion years old rock layer are the oldest rock that ever found in Grand Canyon.
Most of the people come here are to enjoy the scenery, doing some sport like hiking and climbing and some of them also taking a shoot for a film like "27 hours" film, etc. Some of the mist popular viewpoint are Yavapai Observation Station, Mather Point, etc.
Its photo


Sources
The amount of words on text
148 words
What makes you interested in this Place
Because I have seen it in some film and TV about adventure or amazing place. So, I was curious about this place so bad. It also has a historical value about the shape of the earth in the past
Comment after reading
I like this place so bad. I want to go there someday. There, I want to see the most beautiful part and in the most beautiful viewpoint. I also want to see the 1.8 billion rock layer and I want to feel the atmosphere there.
New Vocabularies found
Steep, gash, fabric, immense, gorge, carved, sheer, layers, passage, and rim.


Time
21.40-21.44
Second Place
Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
Description of Place
Plitvice Lakes is one of the oldest and largest National Park in Croatia with 296.85 km2 of area. Also, it was added to the UNESCO Heritage site since 1979. This lake was linked with 16 other lakes by waterfalls and also surrounded by ancient forest. The highest point of this place is in 1,280 meters and the lowest is in 280 meters. In this place you can enjoy natural walkways, hiking or just enjoy the scenery. This place also can be enjoyed all year round.
Its photo


Sources
The amount of words on text
151 words
What makes you interested in this place
Because of the scenery that showed in the picture. How natural that place and also how beautiful when nature can be blend with human being life. It also looks like a quiet place to refreshing my mind.
Comment after reading
After I read about this place, I feel like this is one of the most place that I want to visit someday. I would like to go take a walk there all alone and also, I want to stay in an open space just to refresh my mind and read book. I think this is one of the best places to spend my me time.
New Vocabularies found
Coast, surrounded, and lacy.

Day 2
Saturday, March 2, 2019

(Forget)
First Place
Great Barrier Reaf, Australia
Description of Place
The world's largest coral reef system and the biggest single structure made by living organism is Great Barrier Reaf. Located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, this reef composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 km over an area of approximately 344,400 km2.
This place can be seen from outer space, but the true beauty is hide inside it or underwater. So, snorkling or sailing in a glass-bottomed boat could be the best activities to enjoy this place.
Its photo



Sources
The amount of words on text
132 words
What makes you interested in this Place
Because I love sea, even I cannot swim and also, I have seen and heard about the beauty of this place and that makes me more curious about this place.
Comment after reading
I think this place must be take care with extremely careful, so our children and grandchildren can see and enjoy what we see and enjoy today. Because as we know that coral reef needed hundred to thousand years to grow, so once it broken it will take very long time to recover.
New Vocabularies found
Comprises, reef, composed, mesmerizing, and plain.




Time
(Forget)
Second Place
Yellowstone National Park, USA
Description of Place
The oldest national park in the world is Yellowstone National Park, USA. Located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, USA and it consisting of 3,500 square miles of wild. This place has some natural features such as fast alpine rivers, a simmering volcano displayed in gushing geysers and hot springs, deep canyons, dense ancient forest, etc. It is also home for bears, elk, wolves, bison, and antelope. This place not just a place for having fun but also a precious national treasure.
Its photo



Sources
The amount of words on text
130 words
What makes you interested in this place
Because of the beautiful scene of the picture. It turned on my curiousness of nature and phenomenon.
Comment after reading
I think Indonesia must have something like this. I mean not only having a national park, but also a good management too. As we know that Indonesia have many potential places to be a national park, so it is time for us to develop our national park in order to show it to the world.
New Vocabularies found
Untamed, simmering, gushing, and dense.


Day 3
Monday, Marr 4, 2019

Time
21.35-21.45
First Place
Olympus Mons, Mars
Description of Place
Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in our solar system. It is a mountain located on Mars. It has 16 miles (25 km) or 3 times bigger than Mount Everest and 374 miles (624 km) roughly the size of the state of Arizona. If you have a chance to go there, I think it will be the most challenging place to hiking but also a memorable experience that you have done in your life.
Its photo


Sources
The amount of words on text
519 words
What makes you interested in this Place
Because I am interested in astronomy and also, I like about something longest, tallest, biggest, and the best un the world and universe. So, I think this place is edible for my qualification above.
Comment after reading
I think I want to go there someday, if that possible of course. Because I think it will be the best and memorable experience to explore a place which never been explored by humankind.
New Vocabularies found
Binding, terrestrial, counterparts, roughly, violently, spewing, molten, squat, slope, stack, chamber, beneath, presses, crust, slid over, plume, Goddard, glaciers, debris, ridges, furrows, lobes, and boulders.


Time
22.35-22.38
Second Place
Verona Rupes
Description of Place
Verona Rupes is a cliff located on Miranda, a moon of Uranus, and known as the tallest cliff in the solar system. This cliff has extremely high which is about 20 km (12miles), it is tenfold from the highest cliff in Grand Canyon which is 2 km and twice from Mont Everest which is 9 km. In that high and gravity, if you could jump and fall from the cliff, it would be takes about 12 minutes from the top to the bottom at the speed of about 200 km/h. Even so, the fall might be survivable given proper airbag protection.
Its photo


Sources
The amount of words on text
111 words
What makes you interested in this place
Because I am interested in astronomy. So, when I searched about place in the solar system, I directly interested with this place at first sight.
Comment after reading
After I read about this place, it made me wanted to go there to feel the experience and excitement of jumping from the cliff and still have a chance to live to tell the story.
New Vocabularies found
Estimated and proper.


Day 4
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Time
02.20-02.25
First Place
Sea of Tranquility, Moon
Description of Place
The Sea of Tranquility is the landing site of Apollo 11, the mission that gave Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin their first step on the moon. This place is not actually a sea, it's a lunar mare so there is no water at all. Although there is no water on the surface but there is water underneath the surface. So, even assuming that they're plentyful, they don't qualify as sea. This place is a great destination for those who still hesitate or doubt about the truth of the first mankind landing on the moon.
Its photo

Sources
The amount of words on text
words
What makes you interested in this Place
Because I like astronomy and also the moon with the truth of the first mankind landing on it.
Comment after reading
After I read about this place, I want to go there someday to prove the truth of the first mankind landing on the moon and just to spend my holiday.
New Vocabularies found
Tranquility, mare, basin, basalt, blursh, privileged, elaborate, and reliable.


Time
02.50-02.59
Second Place
Valles Marineris, Mars
Description of Place
Valles Marineris is a system of canyons that spans 2,500 miles (4,000 km), at some point, the canyon is 125 miles (200 km) wide and 6 miles (10 km) deep. If we compare it with the Grand Canyon on Earth which is only 227 miles (446 km) long, 18 miles (30 km) wide, and 1 mile (1.6 km) deep. This extremely big differences make Valles Marineris one of the largest canyons in the solar system. So, for those who love to spend their holiday at the Grand Camyon, I think they will like thia place as they like the Grand Canyon.
Its photo


Sources
The amount of words on text
642 words
What makes you interested in this place
Because I have read about the Grand Canyon before and like it. So, when I found the twin from Mars, I felt so curious about this place.
Comment after reading
After I read about this place, I think this place will become one of the places thet I want to visit someday, if that possible of course.
New Vocabularies found
Circumference, reigns, dwarfing, chaotic, terrain, chryse, planitia, vast, steep, resemble, eastward, eroded, ash, coprates, bulging, hardrned, bulk, and windblown.


Thanks for coming and happy reading :)