Geophysics Collection (#4)

Magnetosphere, artwork C017 / 0762
Magnetosphere. Computer artwork showing the shape of the Magnetosphere (blue) of an astronomical object. A magnetosphere is the area of space near an astronomical object in which charged particles

Geomagnetism research, 1965 C016 / 8820
Geomagnetism research. US geologists Allan Verne Cox (seated, 1926-1987), Richard Doell (centre, 1923-2008), and (Gary) Brent Dalrymple (right)

Chebarkul meteorite, light micrograph C015 / 2863
Chebarkul meteorite fragment seen through a microscope in polarised light. This research is being carried out at the Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, Russia

Chebarkul meteorite fragment C015 / 2862
Chebarkul meteorite fragment seen through a microscope. This research is being carried out at the Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, Russia

Chebarkul meteorite fragment C015 / 2860
Chebarkul meteorite fragment seen through a microscope. This research is being carried out at the Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, Russia

OSL dating research C017 / 9992
MODEL RELEASED. OSL dating research. Researcher Michael Myer at work in the OSL Laboratory, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria

OSL dating research, sample plate C017 / 9997
OSL dating research, sample plate. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is a method of determining how long ago minerals were last exposed to daylight

OSL dating research, analysis laser C018 / 0003
OSL dating research, close-up of the laser-based machinery (green light). Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is a method of determining how long ago minerals were last exposed to

Internal structure of Mars, artwork C018 / 0288
Internal structure of Mars, cutaway artwork. Mars is a rocky planet. It has a partially molten core of iron and iron sulphides (central sphere)

OSL dating research, sample plate C017 / 9996
OSL dating research, sample plate being loaded with samples. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is a method of determining how long ago minerals were last exposed to daylight

OSL dating research C017 / 9993
MODEL RELEASED. OSL dating research. Researcher Michael Myer at work in the OSL Laboratory, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria

OSL dating research C017 / 9994
MODEL RELEASED. OSL dating research. Researcher Michael Myer at work in the OSL Laboratory, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria

OSL dating research, sample plate C017 / 9998
OSL dating research, close-up of a sample plate loaded with samples. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is a method of determining how long ago minerals were last exposed to daylight

Meteor fireball, artwork C018 / 0287
Meteor fireball. Artwork of a fireball as a large meteoroid (originally a small asteroid) heats up as it passes through Earths atmosphere

OSL dating research laboratory C017 / 9995
OSL dating research laboratory. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is a method of determining how long ago minerals were last exposed to daylight

OSL dating research, analysis laser C018 / 0002
OSL dating research, close-up of the laser-based machinery (green light). Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is a method of determining how long ago minerals were last exposed to

OSL dating research, analysis laser C018 / 0001
OSL dating research, close-up of the laser-based machinery (green light). Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is a method of determining how long ago minerals were last exposed to

OSL dating research, analysis machine C017 / 9999
OSL dating research, analysis machine using lasers (green light). Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is a method of determining how long ago minerals were last exposed to daylight

Geomagnetism research, 1965 C014 / 2069
Geomagnetism research. US geologists Allan Verne Cox (left, 1926-1987), Richard Doell (centre, 1923-2008), and (Gary) Brent Dalrymple (right)

Vertikal-1 rocket on Launchpad, 1970
Vertikal-1 on launch pad. The Soviet Vertikal-1 rocket seen prior to launch from Kapustin Yar on 28 November 1970. Vertikal-1 was an early mission of the Interkosmos program

Volcanic eruption C014 / 3018
Volcanic eruption. Night view of a lava fountain eruption on Stromboli, Italy. The bright lines show the trajectories of lava bombs, blocks of molten rock, thrown out by the volcano

Vaughan Cornish, British geographer C017 / 7821
Vaughan Cornish (1863-1948), British geographer. Cornish studied chemistry at Victoria University of Manchester, graduating in 1888

Yasur volcano, Vanuatu C016 / 4656
Yasur volcano, Vanuatu. View of Mount Yasur, Vanuatu, erupting. Mount Yasur is an active stratovolcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, and rises to a height of 361 metres above sea level

Yasur volcano, Vanuatu C016 / 4659
Yasur volcano, Vanuatu. View of Mount Yasur, Vanuatu, erupting. Mount Yasur is an active stratovolcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, and rises to a height of 361 metres above sea level

Yasur volcano, Vanuatu C016 / 4658
Yasur volcano, Vanuatu. View of Mount Yasur, Vanuatu, erupting. Mount Yasur is an active stratovolcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, and rises to a height of 361 metres above sea level

Yasur volcano, Vanuatu C016 / 4657
Yasur volcano, Vanuatu. View of Mount Yasur, Vanuatu, erupting. Mount Yasur is an active stratovolcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, and rises to a height of 361 metres above sea level

Marum volcano, Vanuatu C016 / 4655
Marum volcano, Vanuatu. View into the Marum volcanic cone of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Ambrym is a large basaltic pyroclastic shield volcano

Erta Ale volcano, Congo C016 / 4654
Erta Ale volcano, Congo. View of the lava lake in the crater of Erta Ale, Ethiopia. Erta Ale is an active shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia

Erta Ale volcano, Congo C016 / 4653
Erta Ale volcano, Congo. Aerial view of the lava lake in the crater of Erta Ale, Ethiopia. Erta Ale is an active shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia

Nyiragongo volcano, Congo C016 / 4650
Nyiragongo volcano, Congo. View of the crater wall (red) of Mount Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Here, the rock face is illuminated red by the molten lava in the crater

Erta Ale volcano, Congo C016 / 4652
Erta Ale volcano, Congo. View of the lava lake in the crater of Erta Ale, Ethiopia. Erta Ale is an active shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia

Nyiragongo volcano, Congo C016 / 4651
Nyiragongo volcano, Congo. View of the lava lake in the crater of Mount Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains of D.R

Russian volcanoes, 2012 C016 / 4648
Russian volcanoes, 2012. View of the active stratovolcanoes Kliuchevskoi (Klyuchevskaya), Kamen and Bezymianny reflected in a lake in Kamchatka, Russia

Nyiragongo volcano, Congo C016 / 4649
Nyiragongo volcano, Congo. View of the lava lake in the crater of Mount Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano in the Virunga Mountains of D.R

Sakurajima volcano erupting, Japan, 2012 C016 / 4646
Sakurajima volcano erupting, Japan, 2012. Sakurajima is an active stratovolcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Photographed on 21st February 2013

Mount Bromo erupting, Indonesia, 2011 C016 / 4643
Mount Bromo erupting, Indonesia, 2011. View into the Tengger Caldera on Mount Bromo, an active stratovolcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia. Photographed on 20th March 2011

Mount Bromo erupting, Indonesia, 2011 C016 / 4644
Mount Bromo erupting, Indonesia, 2011. View into the Tengger Caldera on Mount Bromo, an active stratovolcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia. Photographed on 21st March 2011

Mount Bromo erupting, Indonesia, 2011 C016 / 4642
Mount Bromo erupting, Indonesia, 2011. View of the Tengger Caldera on Mount Bromo, an active stratovolcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia, at night

Mount Etna erupting at night, 2012 C016 / 4638
Mount Etna erupting at night, 2012. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy. Photographed on 25th April 2012

Mount Etna erupting at night, 2012 C016 / 4640
Mount Etna erupting at night, 2012. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy. Photographed on 27th April 2012

Mount Bromo erupting, Indonesia, 2011 C016 / 4641
Mount Bromo erupting, Indonesia, 2011

Felix Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist C013 / 7252
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (1887-1966), Dutch geophysicist. Vening Meinesz is best known for inventing a method for the accurate measurement of gravity

Laser beam fired into the night sky
A laser beam is fired into the night sky from an observatory on the island of Maui, Hawaii, as part of a programme of research on crustal geodynamics

Automonous underwater vehicle (Autosub)
Autosub, an automonous underwater vehicle owned by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), being launched in Antarctic waters

Autonomous underwater vehicle (Autosub)
Autosub, an autonomous underwater vehicle owned by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), being launched in Antarctic waters

Otto Schmidt, Soviet geophysicist
Otto Yulievich Schmidt (1891-1956), Soviet geophysicist and polar explorer. Schmidt is famous for his explorations of the Arctic

Aleksei Treshnikov, Arctic explorer
Aleksei Treshnikov (right, 1914-1991), Soviet Arctic explorer, with a companion in the Arctic. In his youth, Treshnikov participated in a Soviet expedition to the North Pole (1948)

Soviet North Pole-1 station crew, 1939
Soviet North Pole-1 station crew members. Seated at left is Ivan Papanin (1894-1986), expedition leader and Arctic explorer. Seated at centre is Ernst Krenkel (1903-1971), radio operator

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Geophysics: Unveiling the Secrets of Earth's Dynamic Nature Immanuel Kant once said, "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe. . the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. " These words resonate deeply in the realm of geophysics, where scientists delve into the mysteries of our planet's inner workings. In a whimsical caricature, Mount Etna erupts in 2012 C016 / 4639, showcasing nature's raw power. The volcano at night exudes an ethereal beauty that captivates both scientific minds and artistic souls alike. Alfred Lothar Wegener, a German geophysicist and meteorologist, emerges as a pioneer in his field. His groundbreaking work on continental drift revolutionized our understanding of Earth's tectonic plates. Wegener's legacy lives on through captivating images like WEGENER himself - an image capturing his essence as a passionate explorer. Journeying to Morocco's High Atlas Mountains reveals Sulphur formations adorning rocks at Tizi N Tichka Pass. This photograph showcases how geophysical processes shape our landscapes over time – an intricate dance between geological forces and chemical reactions. Smoke billowing from Krakatoa volcano on Java Island reminds us of nature's fury unleashed upon Indonesia. These photographs capture moments frozen in time when fiery explosions reshape landforms while leaving us awestruck by their sheer magnitude. Geophysics unravels Earth’s secrets hidden beneath its surface; it is a discipline that combines science with wonderment. From Immanuel Kant’s philosophical musings to Alfred Lothar Wegener’s groundbreaking discoveries, we are reminded that there is much more to this world than meets the eye. As we gaze upon these captivating images – be it volcanoes erupting or sulphur formations forming – let us embrace the marvels that continue to deepen our understanding of our planet's dynamic nature.