GeoLog

Archives / 2012 / July

Imaggeo on Mondays: The broken heart

We humans have a tendency to see familiar shapes in things such as animals in clouds, faces on Mars, and even food in rocks. The photographer, Natalia Rudaya saw a broken heart in a curious Taiwanese rock, the centrepiece of the beautiful photograph we are featuring this week. Aside from its interesting shape, the Broken Heart rock has strange dents, which tell of its geological history. These for ...[Read More]

What do you think about EGU’s merchandise?

This is your chance to offer us feedback on EGU’s merchandise, available from our booth at the General Assembly and several other major conferences. To have your say, take a look at our products on Facebook  and use the ‘like’ button and leave comments to make your voice heard. If you don’t use Facebook, view the images below and leave your comments below this blog post. We ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Dr Guillermo Rein

This week, we are excited to introduce a new monthly blog column called GeoTalk, featuring short interviews with geoscientists about their research. To kick-start this regular Q&A series, we talked to Dr Guillermo Rein of Imperial College London about “the largest fires on Earth” and how they can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. First, could you introduce yourself and let us ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Jökulsárlón

This photo of an awe-inspiring icy landscape is without a doubt one of the best we have ever featured in our weekly Imaggeo on Mondays. The Icelandic glacial lagoon Jökulsárlón is gloomy and cold. Yet the brilliant blue of the ice and the turquoise of the water stand out beautifully in this image, giving it a je-ne-sais-quoi of magic. The photographer, János Kovács, a geologist at the University o ...[Read More]