GeoLog

A touch of space weather! An EGU funded outreach project for blind and visually impaired students

Lenka Zychova January 4, 2023

This image shows four tactile images created to share space weather phenomena with blind and visually impaired learners. The image shows a representation of the magnetosphere (a small blue ball with black concentric circles surrounded by dots to the left and right, the ones on the left are smaller), aurora formation (a small blue ball with black concentric circles to the left and right with dots on the circles) and radiation belts ( a small blue ball with a yellow and brown pair of rings extended evenly to the left and the right). All the images are on a white background.

Image credit: Lenka Zychova

We can all probably agree that the Northern Lights are one of the world’s most spectacular natural displays. But how do we share this beauty with children who are blind? How do we explain the processes behind the aurora creation to the visually impaired when all the illustrations of Earth’s magnetosphere are in 2D? The Northern Lights are just one of the consequences of ‘space weather’. Space weat ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Aurora show on the road

Junbin Zhao January 2, 2023

Aurora show on the road. Credit: Junbin Zhao (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In Sweden a beautiful Northern Lights show proceeds unnoticed by the busy drivers passing by. The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis are spectacular lights created as a result of disturbances in the Earth’s magnetosphere caused by solar winds. They are visible at both polar regions and or often seen as veils or lines of greenish-blue light. Photo by Junbin Zhao shared on imaggeo.egu.eu. &nbs ...[Read More]

EGU’s Life-Work Balance Group shares their New Year’s resolutions

Gillian D'Souza December 21, 2022

Let’s make 2023 the best year yet for our mental health and life-work balance. (Image credit: Tim Mossholder, Unsplash)

With 2023 just around the corner, we asked EGU’s Life-Work Balance Group members what their New Year’s resolutions are, and we want to share them with you! ‘I live in the Arctic, where we don’t get much sunlight and the brightest part of the day I usually spend in my (windowless) office. I will make a better attempt to go outside for a quick walk, or to get some fresh air during the d ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Melt water lake on 79°N Glacier in Greenland

Ole Zeising December 19, 2022

Melt water lake on 79°N Glacier in Greenland. Credit: Ole Zeising (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Melt water lakes are an impressive and beautiful consequence of warm summer temperatures on Greenlands glaciers. This photo of such a lake with clear blue water was taken from a helicopter on the 79°N Glacier in northeast Greenland during an expedition in July 2018. Supraglacial melt water runs along the surface slope into depressions where the water is accumulating until it refreezes or drains. P ...[Read More]