> jIMMY Harris - Colorado Camp Fire
wow! great COLORS. (and i bet that the coffe tasted much better taht in a
lower alt. it has something to do with water boiling temp at high alt)
Thanks KOSTAS,
It seems 'combustion' does have some relation to air pressure and altitude!! I found the article below from a web site about cooking. It also makes me wonder if wood burns at a lower temperature 'at high altitude' or if -Fire itself- is not as Hot!
jIMMY
>Simply put, the weight of air on any surface it comes in contact with is called air (or atmospheric) pressure. There's less (or lower) air pressure at high altitudes because the blanket of air above is thinner than it would be at sea level. As a result, at sea level water boils at 212°F; at an altitude of 7,500 feet, however, it boils at about 198°F because there's not as much air pressure to inhibit the boiling action. This also means that because at high altitudes boiling water is 14° cooler than at sea level, foods will take longer to cook because they're heating at a lower temperature. Lower air pressure also causes boiling water to evaporate more quickly in a high altitude. <
