Photo competition
At NAC there will be a photo competition. Every participant in NAC 2023 can submit one photo on any theme related to the broad field of earth sciences. To submit a photo for the competition, one must be registered for NAC 2023 (see terms and conditions). Submitted photos will be exhibited at the conference and are shown below (click on a photo to see more information).
Iguana tail for scale
Boundary between Eocene Point Blanche Formation and underlying younger intrusive igneous rock (Sint Maarten).
Credit: Kees Nooren | When: May 2022 | Where: Sint Maarten
Best wel Zen ja, op Senja
Okshornan (Bull's or Devil's Teeth) consisting of palaeoproterozoic gneisses, fabulously mirrored in a marine isolation basin formed by recent glacio-isostatic uplift.
Credit: Wim Hoek | When: July 25, 2022 | Where: Tungeneset, Senja, Norway
Upside down?
In this cave you frequently feel you are looking at a painting or that you are standing on your head. This picture tries to capture that feeling.
Credit: Marc Hijma | When: 6-1-2023 | Where: Les Grottes de Remouchamps
Lake Turkana dusks, unchanged since the dawn of humankind
Sunset from the Koobi Fora Base Camp on the Eastern shore of Lake Turkana. Today we look at the enduring beauty of a landscape, probably contemplated by our hominin ancestors as well.
Credit: D.V. Palcu | When: 2022 | Where: East Turkana, Kenya
Exploring rough glacier terrain
Tourists exploring the Sólheimajökull Glacier in Iceland.
Credit: Paolo Tasseron | When: April 2022 | Where: Skógar, Sólheimajökull, Iceland
The sea takes a step back and lets us explore amidst the setting sun
Sunset reflection captured during low tide at Texel.
Credit: Logambal Madhuanand | When: August 2022 | Where: Texel
Silence of the DUDE
Deposition, Uplift, Downcutting, and Erosion. A story that began almost two billion years ago.
Credit: Szabina Karancz | When: November 2022 | Where: Grand Canyon National Park (AZ, USA)
Debris-flow fan surface at the foot of Straight Canyon
This picture shows a textbook example of a debris-flow fan surface at the foot of Straight Canyon draining from the White Mountains (CA, USA). The surface is a mix of distinct depositional lobes, marked lateral levees, abandoned channels, and large boulders.
Credit: Tjalling de Haas | When: 17 November 2022 | Where: Owens Valley (CA, USA)
A cow's perspective of a soil profile description
On our last day of field work after 2 months of traveling throughout the entire Netherlands collecting soil samples, we attract curious spectators while augering and describing a soil profile in a pasture. Little is known about the extent of pedological knowledge that Holstein cows possess. Were they aware of the fact that beneath their very feet, 27% soil organic matter had been lost between 1980 and that hot, dry day in June 2022?
Credit: Cynthia van Leeuwen (WUR) | When: June 30th, 2022 | Where: Zuidveen, Overijssel, the Netherlands
Collaboration
Different disciplines come together during fieldwork.
Credit: Juliette Faucher | When: 18-11-2022 | Where: Vargeão Dome, Brazil
NAC 2023 welcomes you back on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 March 2023. Reconnect face to face with colleagues in Van der Valk Hotel, Utrecht.
The 19th edition of NAC (Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres) brings together the research fields within the Earth and Environmental Sciences from the remit of the NWO Science Domain. The event aims to continue to provide a true interdisciplinary forum for discussion and for young scientists to present their research results to a broad audience. NAC is a great opportunity to present your science and get some really crucial feedback, to meet and mix with eminent people within the field and to really take the opportunity to speak to as many people as you can. Register now for this leading meeting!