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EGU Photo Competition 2021: Now open for submissions!

Hazel Gibson January 15, 2021

Ice fog and solar halo, Maxime Grandin (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

If you are registered for the 2021 online General Assembly vEGU21 (19 – 30 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! The eleventh annual EGU photo competition opens today, 15 January. Up until 31 March, every participant pre-registered for the General Assembly can submit up to three original photos a ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: The sudden stratospheric warming on February 12, 2018

Daniela Domeisen January 11, 2021

The sudden stratospheric warming on February 12, 2018. Credit: Daniela Domeisen (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The image captures an atmospheric extreme event, a so-called sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) that occurred on Feb. 12, 2018. It is visualized through potential vorticity above the North Pole at the 10hPa level (~30km) above the Earth’s surface and consists of a split of the winter polar vortex into two separate vortices that interact with each other. Although the events are not predictable more ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Revealing the secrets of the Arctic sky

Konstantina Nakoudi January 4, 2021

SRevealing the secrets of Arctic sky. Credit: Konstantina Nakoudi (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

When it is dark over Ny Ålesund, Svalbard, a bright green laser beam can be seen quite often, shooting from the AWIPEV Arctic Research Base observatory towards the sky. This beam belongs to “KARLi” the Koldewey Aerosol Raman Lidar, run by the Alfred Wegener Institute for more than 25 years, which contributes to long-term, atmospheric aerosol measurement records. With this system ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Konsfjorden and Kronebreen glacier

Andy Smedley December 28, 2020

Konsfjorden and Kronebreen glacier . Credit: Andy Smedley (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Taken shortly after our departure from Ny-Ålesund after our first “Lost Meteorites” field trial in Greenland testing new equipment that can be used to discover ‘missing’ iron meteorites in Antarctica, the return flight gave incredible views of the surrounding landscape. This photo was taken looking down to the icy waters of Kongsfjorden on the west coast of Svalbard and the ...[Read More]