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Volcano Noir: More Art by El Teide

22. April 2016by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

Our favorite volcano of the month paints not only grand landscapes, but also petite, nonfigurative studies. These beautiful bands of dark and light ash are found in a road cut […]

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Canary Islands, Cenozoic, Crash'n'bang geology, Geology photography, Tips, Volcanoes

El Teide, the great impressionist

16. April 2016by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

If volcanoes were artists, they would be impressionists. Volcanoes are dramatic. They rise elegant cones towards the sky, painting the sky red during eruptions. Bright orange rivers of floating lava […]

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Canary Islands, Cenozoic, Crash'n'bang geology, Geology photography, Sand, shale and gravel, Volcanoes

El Teide: The third tallest mountain in the world – and home to the devil!

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The air is cold and thin. I feel it. Walking fast on the path between lava boulders, I need to take a break. A minute to recharge oxygen, another look […]

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Canary Islands, Geology and society, Geology photography, Volcanoes

Malta article now in GEO ExPro!

22. June 2015by Karsten Eig 4 Comments

Malta – a country shape by limestone (and some very old poo) features in Geotourism in the recent issue of GEO ExPro, a magazine for the petroleum exploration community – […]

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Cenozoic, Geology and society, Geology photography, Malta, Oil and Gas, Sand, shale and gravel, Volcanoes

Gran Canaria: The Miniature Continent

22. June 2015by Karsten Eig 1 Comment

You know the tourist drill: Charter flight. Cerveza. Hotel, all-inclusive. If on budget in Playa del Ingles, which looks like a high-rise-block working class suburb that someone dropped from the […]

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Canary Islands, Cenozoic, Crash'n'bang geology, Geology and society, Geology photography, Spain, Volcanoes

The rainbow at the end of the ash: Barranco del Medio, Gran Canaria

8. June 2015by Karsten Eig 5 Comments

– Sorry, honey, we will be here for a while. Enjoy your book while I shoot the rainbow! I grabbed the camera and jumped out of the car. In front […]

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Canary Islands, Cenozoic, Geology photography, Spain, Volcanoes

Roque Nublo, Gran Canaria: The big finger to the sky

22. May 2015by Karsten Eig 1 Comment

It is a grey day in the mountains. White fog is everywhere, and embraces the pine trees on the steep hills. Drizzle in the air, just enough to make me […]

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Canary Islands, Cenozoic, Geology photography, Spain, Volcanoes

Haggis eruptions: Edinburgh for geologists

14. February 2015by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

In between writing the reports from Svalbard, I had to do a business trip to Scotland, still part of the Fairly United Queendom. Then, I enjoyed a couple of days […]

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Carboniferous, Geology and society, Geology photography, Palaeozoic, Scotland, Volcanoes

Hot water: Wealth from beneath

17. September 2014by Karsten Eig Leave a comment

Iceland. The land of Ice and Fire. Today, more fire than usual, and we geo nerds hope for a long-lasting repetition of the Krafla fires, which played their theatre in […]

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Cenozoic, Crash'n'bang geology, Geology and society, Geology photography, Iceland, Volcanoes

Three peaks and a mystery: A geologist walks Corsica

9. January 2014by Karsten Eig 5 Comments

7 AM. Outside the tent, it’s still dark. Only the rays of headlight torches penetrate the morning mist. Stiff bodies crawl out from light, hence too small, tents. With one […]

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Corsica, Crash'n'bang geology, France, Geology photography, Volcanoes

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