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The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and relevant links.

August 2020

  • Encore - Smoking Mountain Lava Lake

    08/01/20 Encore - Smoking Mountain Lava Lake

  • Archive - More Mesa

    08/02/20 Archive - More Mesa

  • Mount Nebo Hollyhocks Rise from the Ashes

    08/03/20 Mount Nebo Hollyhocks Rise from the Ashes

  • Sea Stacks off Aci Trezza, Italy

    08/04/20 Sea Stacks off Aci Trezza, Italy

  • Altocumulus Formation

    08/05/20 Altocumulus Formation

  • Mexican Hat

    08/06/20 Mexican Hat

  • Necropolis of Pantalica

    08/07/20 Necropolis of Pantalica

  • Encore - Ghost Reef Fossil Find

    08/08/20 Encore - Ghost Reef Fossil Find

  • Archive - Goblin Valley State Park, Utah

    08/09/20 Archive - Goblin Valley State Park, Utah

  • Anticrepuscular Rays and Alpenglow

    08/10/20 Anticrepuscular Rays and Alpenglow

  • Leaves of Three, Let it Be

    08/11/20 Leaves of Three, Let it Be

  • Leafcutter Bee

    08/12/20 Leafcutter Bee

  • Red Sprite Lightning Observed from Attica, Greece

    08/13/20 Red Sprite Lightning Observed from Attica, Greece

  • Shelf Cloud over Bonn, Germany

    08/14/20 Shelf Cloud over Bonn, Germany

  • Encore - Morning Glory Over Southeastern Brazil

    08/15/20 Encore - Morning Glory Over Southeastern Brazil

  • Archive - Hawaiian Rainbow

    08/16/20 Archive - Hawaiian Rainbow

  • The Dolomites World Natural Heritage Area

    08/17/20 The Dolomites World Natural Heritage Area

  • Moonrise Over the Apuan Alps

    08/18/20 Moonrise Over the Apuan Alps

  • Olympic Peninsula Bluff and Beach

    08/19/20 Olympic Peninsula Bluff and Beach

  • Noctilucent Clouds Observed from Paris, France

    08/20/20 Noctilucent Clouds Observed from Paris, France

  • Cerro Tomolasta and Cloud Shapes

    08/21/20 Cerro Tomolasta and Cloud Shapes

  • Encore - Folded Rock on the Portuguese Vicentine Coast

    08/22/20 Encore - Folded Rock on the Portuguese Vicentine Coast

  • Archive - Expansion Cracks

    08/23/20 Archive - Expansion Cracks

  • Lavender

    08/24/20 Lavender

  • Color in Opals

    08/25/20 Color in Opals

  • Reynisfjara Beach, Iceland

    08/26/20 Reynisfjara Beach, Iceland

  • The Sun’s Green Rim Observed from Arroyo de San Serván, Spain

    08/27/20 The Sun’s Green Rim Observed from Arroyo de San Serván, Spain

  • Cotton Trees

    08/28/20 Cotton Trees

  • Encore - Altair and Barnard's

    08/29/20 Encore - Altair and Barnard's "E"

  • Archive - Las Vegas Sunset

    08/30/20 Archive - Las Vegas Sunset

  • Sunset Observed from Mount Chasseral, Switzerland

    08/31/20 Sunset Observed from Mount Chasseral, Switzerland

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