Imaggeo

The drying out of the soil leads to the hazard of flash floods in the wadis of the Dead Sea Valley during sparse but strong rain events. During longer precipitation-free periods and extreme low relative humidity, driven by mesoscale wind, the soil crust ultimately tends to break into piece. Photo by Stefan Schmitt, description from imaggeo.egu.eu.   Imaggeo is the EGU’s online open access geo ...[Read More]

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]

Tengger Caldera is a volcanic complex consisting of five overlapping stratovolcanoes (Mounts Batok, Bromo, Kursi, Watangan and Widodaren) forming out of the ancient volcano Tengger, which was formed about 820,000 years ago, situated in East Java, Indonesia. In this panoramic view are visible Mount Batok (in the front; an inactive volcano with lush green vegetation on its rises), Mount Bromo (the s ...[Read More]

Spanish “dehesas” and Portuguese “montados” are grassland areas with sparse trees (usually oaks) that allow a diversity of agrosylvopastoral uses. Photo by Antonio Jordán, description as shown on 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 reposito ...[Read More]