Photo by Chris Kidd, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. The photograph illustrates how dependent we are on the environment around us. Here, along the waterfront in Seattle, water is used for transporting people and goods, oceans are used to access raw materials and there is the aesthetic appeal of ‘the sea’. All …[Read More]
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Imaggeo on Mondays: Salt Lake of Salt Dame of Qum
Image by Saeed Jabbari Boukani, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons licence. The Qom salt dome is located at 25 km northwest of Qom city and to the north of the main Saveh-Qom road. Its structural position is in the western of Alborz anticlinal system of the Qom Alborz range and approximately which is …[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Grand Prismatic Spring
Detail of the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) can submit their images to this repository. Being open access, it can be used by scientists for their presentations or …[Read More]
Photo Competition at EGU General Assembly 2011
For the second year there will be a photo competition at the EGU General Assembly. Last year’s winner, along with 2nd and 3rd place can be seen on the EGU GA 2010 Photo Competition page. The winning photograph “Patterns in the Void” from Christian Klepp is also below. You can submit UP TO TWO photos …[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Vatnajokull glacier from a plane
Image by: Lamquin Nicolas ,CNRS/IPSL LMD, Paris – France , distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons licence. The third biggest ice cap in the world, the Vatnajokull in Iceland, seen from plane, taken October 1, 2008. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is …[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Asphalt Volcano
Image by: MARUM Research Center Ocean Margins, Bremen University, Germany, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons licence. In many areas of the Gulf of Mexico asphalt seeps from the sea floor and offers a biotope for diverse organisms. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist …[Read More]