EPOW - Ecology Picture of the Week

Ten Years of EPOW !

The World of Ecology Picture of the Week
< Click on the map to zoom into geographic regions >

This week is a special celebration here at Ecology Picture of the Week.  

It is our tenth anniversary!  

We thank all of our viewers, users, fans, and visitors who have helped inspire this opus of ecological stories that celebrate the endlessly amazing and sometimes imperiled planet.

Over the past decade, we have posted 520 EPOW episodes and several thousand photos ... spanning 45 countries ... biomes and ecosystems ranging from deserts to tropical forests to polar regions ... and life forms ranging from algae to microscopic invertebrates to charismatic carnivores.  

Our many stories have touched upon the powers of climate change, the causes of human conflict, and the perils of invasive species ... but mostly have celebrated the wonders and surprises of nature that usually escape our every-day lives.  

Viewership of EPOW has long reached global audiences ... but more important is the use of this site by teachers, students, and fellow researchers around the world.  

Your are the main reason that we are here.

And we will continue to provide fresh insights and images of the world around us.
 

This week is a mashup mosaic of 10 years of EPOW images.  

Click on various portions of the image to view close-ups of the photos that comprise the world.

View the main image here.

Just like the real world ... the closer you look, the more you see ... and the more you learn.

Thank you for being a part of Ecology Picture of the Week !

The main image above was created from a public-domain NASA image, onto which I created a photo mosaic using the program AndreaMosaic.  

Note:  The mosaic images comprising each geographic region of the Earth were drawn randomly from all 520 EPOW episodes posted to date, and do not necessarily reflect images taken from each region specifically.  

 

Acknowledgments:  My special and sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues Tom Bruce and Michael Bruce who have unfailingly provided guidance, support, and their Taos-Telecommunity server to host Ecology Picture of the Week for ten years!