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Teacher Mark Buesing Takes First Flight Over Greenland
The Libertyville High School teacher described the scenery as "awesome, beautiful, stark, breathtaking and stunning."
Libertyville High School teacher Mark Buesing took his first flight over Greenland with NASA scientists April 5. In his PolarTREC blog, he described the views from NASA's P-3B Orion flying science lab as "awesome, beautiful, stark, breathtaking and stunning."
Buesing is participating in NASA's Operation IceBridge, during which researchers fly over the ice in Greenland and collect detailed, 3D images of the ice.
"Flying at 1,500 feet below the tops of mountains, through valleys so narrow I felt I could reach out and touch the sides was … simply astonishing," Buesing wrote in his blog. He also includes photos and videos from the trip. "At times the scenery was beautiful enough to bring me to tears, I mean, if I was the crying type."
Read more about Buesing's trip to Greenland:
- LHS Teacher in Greenland to Work on Operation IceBridge
- Libertyville High School Teacher Headed to Greenland
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