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Imaggeo On Monday: Plume of steam rising from the crater of Mount Erebus, Antarctica

October 17, 2022
Imaggeo On Monday: Plume of steam rising from the crater of Mount Erebus, Antarctica

Plume rising from Mount Erebus on a rare calm day. This 3794 m high volcano is the most active in Antarctica and close to the American base at McMurdo. Photo by Martyn Unsworth, description from imaggeo.egu.eu.   Imaggeo is the EGU’s online open access geosciences image repository. All geoscientists (and others) can submit their photographs and videos to this repository and, since it is open ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Chuquicamata copper mine, Chile

November 29, 2021
Imaggeo On Monday: Chuquicamata copper mine, Chile

Aerial view of the Chuquicamata copper mine in Northern Chile. This is the largest open pit copper mine in the world by volume (at the time of sharing). At this location the copper and molybdenum is extracted from a porphyry deposit that was formed beneath a volcano in the Andean subduction zone.   Description by Martyn Unsworth, after the description on imaggeo.egu.eu.   Although much o ...[Read More]