GeoLog

Imaggeo On Monday: Onsala Twin Telescopes

Armin Corbin August 16, 2021

Onsala Twin Telescopes . Credit: Armin Corbin (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

“The Onsala Twin Telescopes are part of the global geodetic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) network. Radio telescopes all around the globe are observing extra-galactic radio sources simultaneously to determine Earth orientation parameters, source positions and station coordinates, as well as velocities. Geodetic Very Long Baseline Interferometry is used to maintain the International ...[Read More]

Get the picture? How choosing the right photograph can add value to your science communication

Hazel Gibson August 13, 2021

Photo by Isaac Kerlow (from imaggeo)

If you are a scientist you probably know the value of a good, well designed image. The right graph or diagram can help the reader to really grasp the meaning of a complicated theory or process, help to illuminate a critical piece of data, or highlight a key finding. But whilst much advice exists about how to create effective, accessible images, what about photographs? In our early training, ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Elephant Foot Glacier in Greenland from a Twin Otter perspective

Ole Zeising August 9, 2021

Elephant Foot Glacier in Greenland from a Twin Otter perspective. Credit: Ole Zeising (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

“I was told that there will be a piedmont glacier on the way from Station Nord, a Danish military base in northeast Greenland, to our destination in no-man’s-land next to the 79°N Glacier. On half the way, we passed the beautiful Elephant Foot Glacier, named after its symmetric shape originating from the viscous flow of the ice. The glacier is located on a peninsula and connected to a small ...[Read More]

Where can I watch the vEGU21 keynote sessions?

Hazel Gibson August 6, 2021

Each year EGU presents several keynote sessions called the Union Symposia and Great Debates. These Union-wide events are carefully selected each year to cover topics that are of broad interest to our members, regardless of which Division or field of Geoscience they most closely associate with. During the two weeks of the meeting we shared ten Great Debates and Union Symposia streamed live d ...[Read More]