The selection committee received over 600 photos for this year’s EGU Photo Competition, 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. The resul ...[Read More]
At the Assembly 2018: Monday highlights
Welcome to the 2018 General Assembly! (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl)
Welcome to the 2018 General Assembly! This is the first full day of sessions and there’s a feast of them to choose from. Every day we’ll be sharing some super sessions and events at EGU 2018 here on GeoLog and you can complement this information with EGU Today, the daily newsletter of the General Assembly. Union-wide Events Of particular importance today is the Union’s Plenary Meeting (PCN2) at 12 ...[Read More]
Last chance to enter the EGU Photo Contest 2018!
A selection of the best photographs uploaded to imaggeo in 2015, as voted for by our Facebook followers.
If you are pre-registered for the 2018 General Assembly (Vienna, 8 -13 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! But hurry, there are only a few days left to enter! Every year we hold a photo competition and exhibit in association with our open access image repository, Imaggeo, and our annual General Assembly. Th ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Decreasing Moon
Decreasing Moon – seen from Hamburg. Credit: Wolfgang Fraedrich, (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).
This picture shows the decreasing Moon on May 6, 2015, two days after the full Moon, as viewed from Hamburg, Germany. There are still 96.4% of the lunar front illuminated. The Moon does not glow on its own, but its surface reflects the sunlight. The Sun always illuminates a complete half of our natural satellite, which, in its orbit around our planet, always turns its face (which we see at full Mo ...[Read More]