Photo Competition

Imaggeo On Monday: the EGU Photo Competition – not just landscapes

Hazel Gibson March 21, 2022

The Eclipse of 2019 - Super Blood Wolf Moon. Credit: Julia Jeworrek (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In 2010 EGU held our first annual Photo Competition at the General Assembly in Vienna. Since then hundreds of photos have been shared on imaggeo by geoscientists and researchers just like you, with a lucky few being selected each year to be highlighted during the meeting and voted on by our members. These images can be of anything to do with geology or geoscience – we get many beautif ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: 12 years of the EGU Photo Competition

Hazel Gibson March 14, 2022

Grand Prismatic Spring. Credit: David Mencin (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In 2010 EGU held our first annual Photo Competition at the General Assembly in Vienna. Since then hundreds of photos have been shared on imaggeo by geoscientists and researchers just like you, with a lucky few being selected each year to be highlighted during the meeting and voted on by our members. These images can be of anything to do with geology or geoscience – we get many beautif ...[Read More]

EGU Photo Competition 2022: Now open for submissions!

Chloe Hill February 2, 2022

2021 EGU Photo Competition Winner, The dunes of Khongoryn Els. Credit: Martin Mergili

If you are registered for the 2022 General Assembly EGU22 (23 – 27 May), you can take part in our annual photo competition. Winners receive free registration to next year’s General Assembly! It’s that time of year again! Yes, yesterday on the 1 February, the twelfth annual EGU photo competition opened for submissions!! Until 14 April, every participant registered for the General Assembly can ...[Read More]

Get the picture? How choosing the right photograph can add value to your science communication

Hazel Gibson August 13, 2021

Photo by Isaac Kerlow (from imaggeo)

If you are a scientist you probably know the value of a good, well designed image. The right graph or diagram can help the reader to really grasp the meaning of a complicated theory or process, help to illuminate a critical piece of data, or highlight a key finding. But whilst much advice exists about how to create effective, accessible images, what about photographs? In our early training, ...[Read More]