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Imaggeo On Monday: Tragédia em Petropolis (Brazil)

Michele Calvello October 19, 2020

Tragédia em Petropolis (Brazil) . Credit: Michele Calvello (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

A series of deadly landslides and debris flows occurred in March 2013 in Petropolis, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. This photo has been shot a little more than a month later. It highlights the important “supporting role” played by sewer pipes in this disaster. Description by Michele Calvello, after the description on imaggeo.egu.eu. Imaggeo is the EGU’s ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: The many sides of Australia’s bushfires

Beniamino Abis October 12, 2020

The many sides of Australia's bushfires. Credit: Beniamino Abis (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Bushfires in Australia are frequent in the hot and dry months characteristic of its climate. Their severity and seasonality is affected by climate change, and they impact extensive areas every year. At first sight, they might look harmful and dangerous, since they can cause property damage and loss of human life. However, the natural ecosystem has developed different strategies to either re ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Lahar in the jungle, Mexico

Velio Coviello October 5, 2020

Lahar in the jungle, Mexico. Credit: Velio Coviello (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Volcán de Colima currently is the most active volcano in Mexico where many rain-induced lahars occur every year. La Lumbre ravine is the ephemeral channel that drains the west-southwestern slopes of the volcano. In 2016, while Volcán de Colima experienced a prolonged explosive phase, several lahars were documented in this channel. One of them is shown in his picture, taken on August 13, 2016, du ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Blue Olivine in an unusual basalt

Bernardo Cesare September 28, 2020

Blue Olivine in an unusual basalt. Credit: Bernardo Cesare (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Blue Olivine set in a matrix of pyroxene, magnetite and plagioclase in a basalt collected by the photographer, Bernardo Cesare, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Israel. Polarized light photomicrograph. Crossed polarizers and red tint plate. Width c. 2.7 mm. Who may have been throwing this stone a couple millennia ago? Description by Bernardo Cesare, after the description on imaggeo.egu.e ...[Read More]