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Imaggeo on Mondays: Cooking crystals in the Earth cauldron

Hazel Gibson February 10, 2020

Cooking crystals in the Earth cauldron. Credit: Julien Leuthold (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

This picture shows a 30 micrometer thick rock section of a gabbro from the Rum Layered Intrusion (Scotland). Large clinopyroxene crystals are enclosed in a foliated fine grained groundmass of plagioclase and olivine. The clinopyroxene core crystallized at an early stage, at 1160°C. They were partly molten at 1200°C during successive hot magma injections and subsequently recrystallized, enclosing h ...[Read More]

The inaugural EGU webinar: EGU journals and Open Access publishing

Hazel Gibson January 31, 2020

The first EGU Webinar: EGU journals: open access publishing, public peer review and the new EGUsphere

Last week the EGU executive office debuted something new for our members: the EGU webinar. The first of these focused on the open access journals that EGU publishes in partnership with Copernicus.The webinar discussed the interactive public peer review system, the role of the EGU Publications Committee, how researchers can effectively publish in an EGU Journal and the new EGUsphere. The web ...[Read More]

EGU Photo Competition 2020: Now open for submissions!

Hazel Gibson January 15, 2020

Temporary pond within ice fall of Fox Glacier. Credit: Stefan Winkler (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu). The photo is one of the three winners of the EGU Photo Competition 2019!

If you are pre-registered for the 2020 General Assembly (Vienna, 3 – 8 May), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! The tenth annual EGU photo competition opened on 15 January. Up until 15 February, every participant pre-registered for the General Assembly can submit up to three original photos and one moving image on ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The best of imaggeo in 2019

Olivia Trani December 30, 2019

The best images of 2018, from imaggeo, as chosen by our readers and followers.

Imaggeo, our open access image repository, is packed with beautiful images showcasing the best of the Earth, space and planetary sciences. Throughout the year we use the photographs submitted to the repository to illustrate our social media and blog posts. For the past few years we’ve celebrated the end of the year by rounding-up some of the best Imaggeo images. But it’s no easy task to pick which ...[Read More]