imaggeo on mondays

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: Of ancient winds and sands

Elizaveta Kovaleva November 6, 2017

Movement of ancient sand . Credit: Elizaveta Kovaleva (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Snippets of our planet’s ancient past are frozen in rocks around the world. By studying the information locked in formations across the globe, geoscientist unpick the history of Earth. Though the layers in today’s featured image may seem abstract to the untrained eye, Elizaveta Kovaleva (a researcher at the University of the Free State in South Africa) describes how they reveal the secrets of anci ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Isolated atoll

Laura Roberts-Artal September 25, 2017

Isolated . Credit: Fulvia Favaro (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Covering a total area of 298 km², the idylic natural atolls and reefs of the Maldives stretch across the Indian Ocean. The tropical nation is famous for it’s crystal clear waters and picture perfect white sand beaches, but how did the 26 ring-shaped atolls and over 1000 coral islands form? Coral reefs commonly form immediately around an island, creating a fringe which projects seawards from the sh ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Low tide at Alexandra Fjord

Martin Brummell August 28, 2017

Low tide at Alexandra Fjord . Credit: Martin Brummell (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

Today’s post takes us to the far northern reaches of our planet, to a desert like nothing you’ve seen before. This picture is a view to the north across Alexandra Fjord, on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, in the Canadian High Arctic, with Sphynx island in the middle of the fjord. The south shore of Alexandra Fjord includes a polar oasis, an area of tundra vegetation and relatively mild climati ...[Read More]