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Imaggeo On Monday: Cassiopeia with Milky Way

October 18, 2021
Imaggeo On Monday: Cassiopeia with Milky Way
Cassiopeia with Milky Way. Credit: Michael Danielides (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Cassiopeia with Milky Way in the background on September 9th, 2020. The image was taken in north-eastern state of Germany (Mecklenburg – Lower Pomerania) near the Town of Jarmen. The region has little light pollution and the evening had a clear sky (sky quality measure was 21.15). The image was taken at about 22:00 hrs local time. An EOS 1100D with a 50/1.6 lens was used. The exposure time w ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: International Space Station transiting the Sun

October 4, 2021
Imaggeo On Monday: International Space Station transiting the Sun
International Space Station transiting the Sun. Credit: Eliza Teodorescu (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The International Space Station, a human-made, life-supporting habitat, and a most complex and unique scientific laboratory, orbits the Earth in only 90 minutes – that is 16 times a day! Even so, only occasionally, we earthlings have the privilege of seeing it’s dark outline against the much brighter surfaces of the Sun or Moon. Timing is of crucial importance if you want to see this, ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: After a long day in the field

September 27, 2021
Imaggeo On Monday: After a long day in the field
After a long day in the field. Credit: Michael Lonardi (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Working on the sea ice can be quite exhausting. Scientists face cold temperatures and wind, constantly scanning for polar bears, while trying to squeeze valuable data out of frozen instruments. At the end of the day you might have not found what you wanted, but every single bit of information brought back truly helps in understanding our complex World.   Over 12 months, 442 experts worked in ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: the vanished glacier

September 20, 2021
Imaggeo On Monday: the vanished glacier
The vanished glacier. Credit: Sally Rangecroft (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Chacaltaya ski hut, Bolivian Andes, 5400 m above sea level. The world’s former highest ski resort where the Chacaltaya glacier once stood, situated in the Cordillera Real, close to La Paz. Chacaltaya vanished in 2009, six years earlier than scientists had predicted. The disappearance of the glacier is a sign of what to come for the glaciers of the Andes, with glacier retreat and disappearanc ...[Read More]