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Imaggeo on Mondays: New life on ancient rock

Gerrit de Rooij January 1, 2018

New life on ancient rock. Credit: Gerrit de Rooij (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

For the start of a new year, we bring you a photograph featuring some of the oldest rocks in the world but bursting with new life. The image, taken by Gerrit de Rooij, of the Helmholtz Centre for Env. Res. – UFZ, comes complete with an informative caption which we’ve included below. May the new year be successful for all our readers. After two days of canooing in the rain on lake Juvul ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Happy holidays!

Laura Roberts-Artal December 25, 2017

Image modified from The sunlit Yamal reindeer . Credit: Artem Khomutov (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

Along with this magestic sunlit reindeer, photographed on a hilltop in one of the expeditions on the Yamal Peninsula, EGU wishes all our readers happy holidays and very warm wishes for 2018. And for a chance to be featured on GeoLog throughout the new year, don’t forget to submit your field and lab based photographs and images to imaggeo: our open access image repository. All geoscientists ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Smoking mountain top

Laura Roberts-Artal December 18, 2017

Smoking mountain top . Credit: Daniela Domeisen (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Japan’s northernmost, second largest and least developed island, Hokkaido, is famous for its unspoilt nature. Harsh, cold and snowy winters make way for pleasant summers, which allow tourists and locals to enjoy a variety of outdoor activities, year-round, in the island’s six protected areas. The largest of the natural parks is Daisetsuzan: known for it’s wilderness and volcanoes. It is formed by ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: A spectacular rainbow

François Dulac December 11, 2017

Field scientist under a spectacular rainbow . Credit: François Dulac (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Back in February 2005, François Dulac and Rémi Losno worked in the field in the very remote Kerguelen Islands (also known as the Desolation Islands). Located in the southern Indian Ocean they are one, of the two, only exposed parts of the mostly submerged Kerguelen Plateau. Our work consisted in sampling atmospheric aerosols and their deposition by rain on the island, which is a meeting point for ...[Read More]