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Imaggeo on Mondays: Siberian Forest

Large burnt area in eastern Sibera in July. Image by Jean-Daniel Paris, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) can submit their images to this repository. Being open access, it can be used by scientists for their p ...[Read More]

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Imaggeo on Mondays: Not What it Seems

Although at first they might look like a sierra crest viewed from an airplane, they are in fact cloud formations shot with an ultra-zoom lens, at dusk, sometime in late February 2009. Image by Evangelos Karageorgos, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amat ...[Read More]

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Imaggeo on Mondays: Mist Morning Sunrise

Phrao, Thailand. Image by Heike Eichler, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) can submit their images to this repository. Being open access, it can be used by scientists for their presentations or publications as ...[Read More]

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Imaggeo on Mondays: Wind Vane

Wind vane on the top of an early 20th century lighthouse. Image by Konstantinos Kourtidis, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) can submit their images to this repository. Being open access, it can be used by sci ...[Read More]

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Imaggeo on Mondays: Napoli and Vesuvio

The volcano Vesuvio, Napoli in the foreground, view from Castel Sant’Elmo. Image by Martin Mergili, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) can submit their images to this repository. Being open access, it can ...[Read More]

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Imaggeo on Mondays: Entangled

South auroral oval and polar rain simulated in laboratory using the Planeterrella experiment (J. Lilensten et al., UJF/CNRS, Grenoble, France, online). The Planeterrella was redesigned after K. Birkeland’s original terrella experiments, which in the 1900s helped him unveil the mechanisms at the origin of polar aurorae. A magnetised aluminium sphere is placed in a vacuum chamber. An electric ...[Read More]

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Imaggeo on Mondays: Damavand Volcano

Damavand Volcano, Iran. A nice cap cloud can be seen at the top of the mountain. Cap cloud is an orographic cloud that is formed over a mountain peak, formed by the cooling and condensation of moist air climbing up and over the peak. Cap clouds appear to remain stationary. Image by Mostafa Ganjian, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Commentary by Konstantinos Kourtidis. Imaggeo i ...[Read More]

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Imaggeo on Mondays:Iron oxidizing Leptothrix bacteria

Leptothrix bacteria, in general, are known to be capable of oxidizing both iron(II) and manganese(II) producing ferric hydroxide and manganese oxide. Image by Bertram Schmidt, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons License. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) ...[Read More]

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Imaggeo on Mondays: Lightning strikes in New York City

A devastating storm raged over New York city on 18 August 2009, uprooting more than 100 trees in Central Park and damaging hundreds of others. This photo was taken from a balcony in East Harlem during that storm, catching one of the many fierce lightning strikes. Image by Bastiaan van Diedenhoven, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons licence. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences im ...[Read More]

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Imaggeo on Mondays: Marine Gastropod

A marine pelagic gastropod collected at 1500 m depth in the Oceanic Flux Program sediment trap 75 km southeast of Bermuda. Image by Maureen Conte, distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons licence. Imaggeo is the online open access geosciences image repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) can submit their images to t ...[Read More]