<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:21:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #15: The Amazing Lake District]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, 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 Scafell]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-15-the-amazing-lake-district</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-15-the-amazing-lake-district</guid><category><![CDATA[geography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:48:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvnfCcWQMaFNZt8hMxLmLvNo5tatG7ptgHSykKvr1rCATiBpDHEBeJvYXS5iUB5kESE2hZb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #14: Upland farming in Ethiopia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today'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 usage]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-14-upland-farming-in-ethiopia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-14-upland-farming-in-ethiopia</guid><category><![CDATA[geography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 01:57:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvnVgyWLGyYwvABq5tXL7k6ibabEVr8pxqurETNadHWQCmmq4diiZea3GJHFKRyETMQgPw7t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #13: a fertile desert]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today 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 sink]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-13-a-fertile-desert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-13-a-fertile-desert</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 01:02:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvo5cwkopcLwszUyWAGzCXvmycRoywWtmv1T9a1xQPwSQZsMuKmuVNBxJsnGSJvGHNk2yuPk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #12 Miami, living like God... in a swamp]]></title><description><![CDATA[It'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 might]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-12-miami-living-like-god-in-a-swamp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-12-miami-living-like-god-in-a-swamp</guid><category><![CDATA[geography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:04:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvn74xdNzZhwZaQ3k5Z6dQ2ZemhpFVcSyPiD8vpAGbZZsAwtWCmJECB5H2iqJjoYGbFbgVxA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth Pearls #11: Stairway to the rice-heaven]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome 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 rice terraces.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-11-stairway-to-the-rice-heaven</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-11-stairway-to-the-rice-heaven</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 19:38:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvnAAKGqrgaSjx48wwnpEueRn75b3WZJxyiCeDBskcinGtMNWCXc57kzzCjqKZn3UoQmFx2a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #10: A sliding disaster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today'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 almost]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-10</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 22:17:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvnDtrbHo4RJBZ4zQEX1w1Nn19ijJDeB94hjqkpPRbc7AbmQBisBgGjDT7dqSvw7VscHiaut?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #9 the Nile, victim or top dog of the Cold War?]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 the Nile]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-9-the-nile-victim-or-top-dog-of-the-cold-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-9-the-nile-victim-or-top-dog-of-the-cold-war</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:38:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjod3rYtTurFqjkFV8kEHr2Ec391VEY7hNs5aTzbZjhjhjsYW1T4p6DQGETHPq2x2t5MZ6HL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #8: River piracy, aaar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome 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 showing]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-8-river-piracy-aaar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-8-river-piracy-aaar</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:02:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjodJ9Mk8vdyfR3Hwfp2jWk5AZx2E9enKLsQu5UXfvijVmSjsmX8CJWfEeudSrTSHhTy8b8r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #7: The geography behind Champagne]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome 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 cropland]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-7-the-geography-behind-champagne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-7-the-geography-behind-champagne</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:03:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjodHFMdvafTsucqyuBtHdXGXRmKCBvUjoyTGNnRFyQ8oqe12JeNBos4as94qDexX5bwnDvE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth Pearls #6]]></title><description><![CDATA[No 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 dunes]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-6</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:21:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjodJ2YsJHEvTrkUT642hWWvPYFQSnbSVFGw7exPQUDDNdxFToCoqb8r31geVpg4ooSJ7EVU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #5]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 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 inferior]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-5</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 21:31:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjod9TeGqgi7CyoLKcSmChRLRCAMGrQn7Fhhkt2Me1nicoG4e3CNEVHzETF2SfWvmUwk7tTx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #4]]></title><description><![CDATA[My 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 of]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-4</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 19:23:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjod3gz2v3nfcYQDbf3zDAF8VKidxVghWvfSqbGTnrGZKp2sJjnLUUdtuoDnknhdXUH1Rrqc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #3]]></title><description><![CDATA[This 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 and erosion]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-3</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2018 18:24:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjodG1ogJ8zPSjfwTXcehi32wrtnpMXjwXdo5Sgdzs4J3FFMhvk2DGjTt334Gss61B865or6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not 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 are one]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-2</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 22:32:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjod5y5iKrnotpXPJ8BYuTUjq8mkJZL1VktA1BHEMZfWGaUkAh7LYW4QrJRW6RnmYg8zQtii?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Earth pearls #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I 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 found]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/google-earth-pearls-1</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:22:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjodACXTfvRXi56LYGbsmD8tP9S21ed1S7JKWn5s3FE7JB2scnR5JAEfQo5uUZ2ms1ffat9c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why climate change its biggest enemy is climate change itself.]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 change]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/why-climate-change-its-biggest-enemy-is-climate-change-itself-ht</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/why-climate-change-its-biggest-enemy-is-climate-change-itself-ht</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:15:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQgXkcj4SCzAvPhFjyAN5hF69qo2foHjnvz892MkpaDZUrxQ1HrX3Jxz4GGKg5B8Ma1xd84xK9mgEo5w57eNngviVBUp2boyy1D7j6jFmb2qVFcxGoYHJer?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me.]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 strongly]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/me</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 20:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8hHVpauQQYxe2wxEkHX7U7rSE9PGjQpKALBAKeWa44rHbTWKqQd2QV4aq7t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Above the jungly canopy, above the clouds, above everything]]></title><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/above-the-jungly-canopy-above-the-clouds-above-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/above-the-jungly-canopy-above-the-clouds-above-everything</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:46:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinq1MCkb5BHLJnfscBmMJNAeM5ebmbiuZtwZC9DY7NYqyc5Sk6Dgh8zhrjdpuyo1Uwv5vESFwJ32bnwc6aAH4a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter in Rio...]]></title><link>https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/winter-in-rio</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ignacepelckmans/winter-in-rio</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ignacepelckmans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2018 17:55:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinq1JsgwUCzPd78tAyDAAfnD6VddTE2QfZW7DR4swuTuZgdGnWZYodmSwUPPhG9C3PmgMe7cwv62ZzA6bCENWi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>