In Zurich, Switzerland, June is often the wettest month of the year. Summer thunderstorms that give clouds a purple-grey colour and bright up the skies with strong lightning bolts are common place. This picture, taken by Ryan Teuling from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, captures one of these bolts, lighting up the centre of the …[Read More]
Atmospheric Sciences
Imaggeo on Mondays: Sundogs in Alaska
The northern part of the US state of Alaska is tundra, an area where freezing-cold temperatures hinder tree growth. The result is an unobstructed view of the rising or setting sun that allows photographers to beautifully capture our star. It was in this treeless area that Yongwon Kim, a researcher from the University of Alaska …[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Fog over Forest
Fog over Forest. Image by Konstantinos Kourtidis, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Fog sweeps over a pine forest in the early morning hours. The image was taken on a winter morning in February 2008. The photo was taken from the window of the photographer’s house in Xanthi, Greece. The fog is of …[Read More]
Sand Dunes at EGU GA 2012
Several participants in the Geoblogsphere having been posting recently about sand dunes. Its part of Sand Dune Week declared on twitter by Brian Romans. Some of the posts are listed by Matthew Francis or find more by searching on twitter for “sand dune week”. There are three sessions at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly …[Read More]
EGU General Assembly 2012 Call for Papers
Abstract submission for the EGU General Assembly 2012 (EGU2012) is now open. The General Assembly is being held from Sunday 22 Apr 2012 to Friday 27 Apr 2012 at the Austria Center Vienna, Austria. You can browse through the Sessions online. Each Session shows the link Abstract Submission. Using this link you are asked to …[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Akutan Volcano, Alaska
Akutan Volcano, Alaska. Image by Michael Jackson, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. High winds create lenticular clouds off Shishaldin Volcano in the Aleutian Islands. UNAVCO staff installed 16 integrated geophysical instruments including GPS, seismic, tilt, meteorologic instruments on Unimak Island as part of the EarthScope Project. Imaggeo is the online open access …[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Mother of Pearl Cloud
Mother of Pearl Cloud above Esrange, Sweden. Image by Peggy Achtert, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. This image shows a Polar Stratospheric Cloud (PSC) observed during a lidar campaign at Esrange, northern Sweden, on January 27th, 2011. The lidar measurement revealed that the PSC occurred between 29 and 31 km altitude at …[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Storm
Image by Jorge Mataix-Solera, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) can submit their images to this repository. Being open access, it can be used by scientists for their …[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Not What it Seems
Although at first they might look like a sierra crest viewed from an airplane, they are in fact cloud formations shot with an ultra-zoom lens, at dusk, sometime in late February 2009. Image by Evangelos Karageorgos, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the …[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Wind Vane
Wind vane on the top of an early 20th century lighthouse. Image by Konstantinos Kourtidis, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) can submit their images to this repository. …[Read More]