GeoLog

Solar Terrestrial Sciences

Imaggeo On Monday: Transit of Venus over the Sun

February 8, 2021
Imaggeo On Monday: Transit of Venus over the Sun
Transit of Venus over the Sun. Credit: Eliza Teodorescu (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The object of this photo is the transit of planet Venus in front of the Sun which took place on June 6th 2012 and was the last event of this kind until 2117! This is a very rare event with respect to a human life span and the transit always happens in pairs, 8 years apart, with a repeatability of more than two centuries. The picture was captured on the shore of the Black Sea, in Vama Veche, Romani ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Space plasma in a jar

February 1, 2021
Imaggeo On Monday: Space plasma in a jar
Space plasma in a jar . Credit: Gabriel Voitcu (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Laboratory visualisation of solar wind interaction with Earth’s magnetic field. The Van Allen radiation belt, Earth’s magnetosphere, “bow shock” and a solar coronal hole can all be seen, and are emphasized with the ‘Planeterrella experiment‘, a vacuum chamber in the shape of a bell jar with the ‘Sun’ on the left (in the form of a large metallic sphere) and the ‘Earth& ...[Read More]