BlogHide Resteemsignacepelckmans (38)in geography • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #15: The Amazing Lake DistrictToday, I'll take you to a nice small community, called Wasdale Head in the charming Lake District. It's nothing more than a pub, an hotel, some houses and a small touristic shop at the foot of…ignacepelckmans (38)in geography • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #14: Upland farming in EthiopiaToday's image is coming from the Ethiopian highlands. In the valleys you can see thousands of small farms in a so called 'upland permanent farming' system. It is the final stage in the expanding…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #13: a fertile desertToday we find ourselves in the Utah dessert near a town called Moab. It's quite a place, during the summer the temperatures can exceed 40 °C (100 °F) while in the winter months the thermometer can…ignacepelckmans (38)in geography • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #12 Miami, living like God... in a swampIt's so Miami... If you ever have the chance to fly to Miami or just transfer there, look outside your tiny airplane window when flying over this Florida's gem. America's cleanest and richest city…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth Pearls #11: Stairway to the rice-heavenWelcome in China! As a geographer, I carry some interest in agriculture, the über form of interaction between the physical earth and us, human beings. Today's pearl shows the magnificent Chinese…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #10: A sliding disasterToday's post features a big avalanche, called 'The West Salt Creek landslide'. In 2014, a massive mass of ground start sliding down until it stopped 4.5 km further. The enormous avalanche moved…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #9 the Nile, victim or top dog of the Cold War?What you can see on today's picture is a bend in the famous Nile river, 100 km north of the Aswan dam. Some of you may remember from history lessons in high school that the seasonally flooding of…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #8: River piracy, aaarWelcome in Alaska, more specifically: welcome at the Kaskawulsh glacier. Glaciers are always quite spectacular from the air, whether it is from an airplane or on Google Earth. I am, however, not…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #7: The geography behind ChampagneWelcome in the Champagne region in France. What you can see in the middle, are the grape ranks which are the first step to the famous champagne whine. The other fields are regular Western European…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth Pearls #6No rivers or mountains for today, but dunes. A lot of dunes. The image of the day is a satellite image from the Arabic peninsula. What you can see are a thousand of so called barchan dunes. Barchan…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #5The picture of today shows two worlds: the border between Russia and China. The Russian city, on the northern bank of the river, is not that chaotic but compared to the Southern urban centre, it is…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #4My favorite Google Earth Image of the day is one from the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh. It shows the enormous impact of environmental policies on land use and the complex consequences and trade-offs…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #3This pearl is an areal image of the Moroccan Sahara dessert. It shows what happens when a rain shower hits once or twice a year but when it happens, it rains dogs and cats. There is no vegetation…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #2Not even everyone know they exist, the so called '-stan' countries. This sattelite picture comes from a mountain ridge on the border between Kazachstan and Kyrgyzstan. The central-Asian mountains…ignacepelckmans (38)in science • 7 years agoGoogle Earth pearls #1I love Google Earth! It's not only the perfect travel planner or an infinite source of information but it's also stunning. I'll try to share my favourite google earth imagery with you! Today I've…ignacepelckmans (38)in steemstem • 7 years agoWhy climate change its biggest enemy is climate change itself.Everyone is starting to become used to the doom scenario of climate change. Even more, we all know it has something to do with carbon and most of us understand that a cold day doesn't make climate…resteemedgeopolis (54)in introduceyourself • 7 years agoIntroducing: Geopolis - The community for global sciencesWhat is Geopolis? Geopolis is a community effort to encourage authors who write in the fields of global sciences. New posts will be filtered on certain tags (see below) and given an upvote if…ignacepelckmans (38)in introduceyourself • 7 years agoMe.Hi! My Name is Ignace and I am a Belgian, food-loving student geography with a rather creative mind and a interest of what's happening in sandy countries. I love to travel as slow as possible and I…ignacepelckmans (38)in photography • 7 years agoAbove the jungly canopy, above the clouds, above everythingignacepelckmans (38)in photography • 7 years agoWinter in Rio...
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