Field Work

Imaggeo on Mondays: Simulating a mission on Mars

Maria Grulich April 22, 2019

Collecting Samples on Mars. Credit: Maria Grulich (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Establishing a human presence on Mars is increasingly seen by space agencies and private organizations as the horizon frontier in human space exploration. These long-duration missions however, impose a high degree of technological, operational, physical and psychological challenges. Mars analog habitats, such as the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah (U.S.) are established to conduct fiel ...[Read More]

Imaggeo Photo Competition finalists 2019 – who will you vote for?

Chloe Hill April 8, 2019

EGU 2017 Photo Competition. Credit: EGU

This year’s Photo Competition judging panel received more than 600 photo submissions, covering fields across the geosciences. The fantastic finalist photos are below and they are being exhibited in Hall X2 (basement, Brown Level) of the Austria Center Vienna – see for yourself! Do you have a favourite? Vote for it! There is a voting terminal (also in Hall X2), just next to the exhibit. Votin ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Exploring the underground cryosphere

Olivia Trani March 11, 2019

Underground cryosphere. Credit: Renato R. Colucci (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The winter season is a good time to take advantage of cold weather activities, whether that’s hitting the ski slopes or warming up by a fire, but for Renato R. Colucci, it’s also one of the best time’s to study the Earth’s underground cryosphere. Colucci, who took this featured photograph, is a researcher at Italian Institute for Marine Sciences (ISMAR) of the National Research Council (CNR) and i ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Patterns in the peatland

Mélina Guêné-Nanchen March 4, 2019

Northern carbon sink. Credit: Mélina Guêné-Nanchen (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

This magnificent pattern is the result of hundreds and hundreds of years of evolution. In this structured minerotrophic peatland in Northern Quebec (Canada), which can also be called a string fen or aapa mire, the green peat ridges (or strings) alternate with water-filled hollows (or flarks). Often flarks are replaced by ponds, which vary in number and size. This pattern of strings and flarks (or ...[Read More]