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Figure
8.1.
Sky at the Philippine farm during rainy season. Leaves in the foreground are
mango and in the background are bananas, coconut, and other fruit-bearing bushes and
trees. (Courtesy of Henry Goltiano.)
The Ecuador countryside and sky (Fig. 8.2) indicate a partly cloudy day with
consequent shadows on fields. Cloud cover is consistent with the lower rainfall in
Ecuador compared with Ohio or the Philippines, as shown in Figure 8.4. The verdant
green is a result of a relatively constant rainfall and temperature regime at Quito,
Ecuador.
As seen in Figure 8.5 the temperature at Leyte and Quito are both very constant,
varying less than 28C (1.1 for Ecuador and 1.8 for Leyte) throughout the year.
However, the temperature at Quito hovers between 18.9 and 208C while at Leyte it
Figure
8.2.
Clouds and countryside during January in Pinantura, Ecuador. The fields are out-
lined by fence rows. (Courtesy of David Cer
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