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Science Meets the Eye!

2008 'Science meets the eye!' competition
The 'Science meets the Eye!' competition is running again this year. Please send us your most inspiring and captivating image illustrating research in the Peak District. The theme is Living Upland Landscapes.
 
' Science meets the Eye!'  will highlight the high profile upland research in the Peak District to the general public, practitioners and decision makers. More details
Deadline for submissions 17 Nov 2008.
 
Winners will feature in:
Postcard series on sale across Peak District & press release (4 top winners)
Exhibition tour through Peak District National Park visitor centres and accompanying booklet during 2009 (up to 20 contributions)
More in-depth research information, links and downloads on Moors for the Future website (all contributions)
Exhibition at MFF conference Living Upland Landscapes 24/25 Nov 2008 (chance to promote research to all our partners, no obligation to attend for competition entries, conference invitations to follow)

Contributions can be in several formats:

Generated image (graph, GIS output, simulation diagram, collage etc)
Artful photograph (can be detail)
Video clip (max 2 min)

The Science Meets the Eye!' competition was launched in 2007 as part of the Moors for the Future Partnership 2007 research conference. A touring art exhibition aims to bring alive for residents and visitors the importance of high profile scientific research taking place in the uplands of the Peak District National Park to help tackle issues like climate change and flooding.

The winning entries have been produced as postcards and a booklet. We hope the stunning images will really make you take a fresh look at the array of top scientific research that is taking place. Download here a guide to the art exhibition revealing the role of upland research in our everyday lives.

The exhibition is touring the Peak District National Park visitor centres and other venues during 2008 including : July - The Moorland Centre at Edale, August - Bakewell Information Centre, December - Castleton Information Centre. Postcards that accompany the exhibition will be on sale at the centres or can be downloaded below.

suspended sediment lead concentrations
*OVERALL WINNER* Modelled suspended sediment lead concentrations
- computer modelling techniques and environmental monitoring have been used to produce this map of lead contamination in Bleaklow catchments. Lighter areas indicate higher suspended sediment lead concentrations.
James Rothwell, Martin Evans, John Lindsay, Tim Allott

a good day on Holme Moss
A good day on Holme Moss - students helping to spread heather brash on restoration experimental plots at Holme Moss in late winter 2007. Simon Caporn, Robin Sen, Chris Field, Elliot Jones, Jacky Carroll, Nancy Dise (Manchester Metropolitan University)

pattern
Pattern - patterns of gully erosion on the summit of Bleaklow mapped using high resolution laser altimetry. Martin Evans (University of Manchester)


Computer imagery of water flow
- computer-generated hydrological models inform successful moorland restoration techniques.
Brian Irvine, Joseph Holden (both University of Leeds) & Charlie Horsford (Moors for the Future)

winds of change
Winds of Change - meteorological instruments monitoring climate change near to Snake Summit on Bleaklow.
Martin Evans (University of Manchester)


 

   
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