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EGU Photo Competition 2024: Now open for submissions!

Hazel Gibson January 22, 2024

One of last year's winners: The Power of the Atlantic by Glenn Strypsteen

If you are registered for the EGU24 General Assembly (14 – 19 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition. Winners receive free registration to next year’s General Assembly! It’s that time of year again! Yes, today the fourteenth annual EGU photo competition opened for submissions!! Until 28 March, every participant registered for the General Assembly can submit up to three ori ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Venice, the city of resilience, the city of mirrors and mirages

Maria Katherina Dal Barco September 25, 2023

Venice, the city of resilience, the city of mirrors and mirages. Credit: Maria Katherina Dal Barco (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

High tide captured during the morning of November 6th, 2023 in Piazza San Marco, Venice (Italy). The MOSE system of mobile gates, designed to defend the Venice lagoon from tides up to 3 metres high, is not activated for tide levels below 110 cm. However, when the tide reaches 83 cm, the lowest point of St. Mark’s Square begins to flood. Photo and caption by Maria Katherina Dal Barco, shared ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Tidal channel and saltmarsh in Germany

Stephan Sprinz September 18, 2023

Tidal channel and saltmarsh in Germany. Credit: Stephan Sprinz (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

“A tidal channel (‘Priel’) in a saltmarsh of the Wadden Sea, northern Germany.” Tidal channels are an integral part of salt marshes and form naturally, connecting the marsh with the nearest water body. These tidal channels provide an ecological bounty for a diverse range of life, from plants to invertebrates to birds and mammals – and include many benefits for the peo ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Elegance with no functionality

Antonio Jordán September 4, 2023

Elegance with no functionality. Credit: Antonio Jordán (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The Montejaque dam, with its 84 meters of height, is one of the first vaulted dams built in Europe. Currently, it remains only as a vestige of one of the major hydroelectric projects by the “Sevillana de Electricidad” company. Preliminary studies for its construction began in 1917. Some of these studies indicated that the project was unfeasible due to the karstic nature of the terrain, ...[Read More]