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  1. 1 hour ago

    The beautiful view of the waterfall in Sioux Falls, SD—city also home to EROS data center:

    4:58 AM - 27 Aug 2015 · Details
    9 retweets 21 favorites
  2. 18 hours ago

    What an explosion! Craters created to simulate lunar impact craters. Cinder Lakes Crater Field, AZ. 1968

    12:15 PM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    24 retweets 21 favorites
  3. 20 hours ago

    Going…and almost gone! Two of the approx. 26 remaining glaciers at , MT

    10:00 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    53 retweets 28 favorites
  4. 23 hours ago

    Katrina & Rita combined destroyed 217 sq mi of Louisiana’s coast:

    7:23 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    45 retweets 29 favorites
  5. 23 hours ago

    USGS mapped coastal landloss that made Katrina’s stormsurge worse:

    7:20 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    22 retweets 15 favorites
  6. 23 hours ago

    USGS showed “toxic soup” neither toxic nor soup:

    7:17 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    9 retweets 11 favorites
  7. 23 hours ago

    We rushed output of 33 USGS invented stormsurge sensors in 26 days before Rita hit:

    7:14 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    8 retweets 8 favorites
  8. 23 hours ago

    USGS created 3 new types of storm gauges in response to Katrina:

    7:11 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    15 retweets 16 favorites
  9. 23 hours ago

    USGS crews rescued more than 600 people from rooftops & porches:

    7:08 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    10 retweets 16 favorites
  10. 23 hours ago

    USGS helped map 911 calls when roadsigns were underwater:

    7:05 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    20 retweets 23 favorites
  11. 23 hours ago

    10 years ago today, Katrina made 1st landfall in Florida:

    7:02 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    32 retweets 11 favorites
  12. 24 hours ago

    , a mecca for rock lovers!

    6:17 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    51 retweets 69 favorites
  13. Aug 26

    Somewhere over the rainbow…in this case, over Yukon River, Eagle, AK

    3:56 AM - 26 Aug 2015 · Details
    31 retweets 46 favorites
  14. Aug 25

    Water is unusual in that the solid, ice, is less dense than the liquid, which is why ice floats.

    4:42 PM - 25 Aug 2015 · Details
    41 retweets 49 favorites
  15. Aug 25

    FAQ What is the most frequently occurring city, town, village name in the United States?

    2:33 PM - 25 Aug 2015 · Details
    38 retweets 33 favorites
  16. Aug 25

    3D & Photographic Tours of the National Parks

    11:51 AM - 25 Aug 2015 · Details
    39 retweets 33 favorites
  17. Aug 25

    [PUB] Review of the USA National Phenology Network Circular 1411

    9:42 AM - 25 Aug 2015 · Details
    16 retweets 16 favorites
  18. Aug 25

    Managing the requires sound science-here are examples:

    7:42 AM - 25 Aug 2015 · Details
    36 retweets 23 favorites
  19. Aug 25

    aren't immune to natural hazards-see how we help:

    7:39 AM - 25 Aug 2015 · Details
    16 retweets 17 favorites
  20. Aug 25

    are fee-free today! See the science we do all year long:

    7:36 AM - 25 Aug 2015 · Details
    69 retweets 45 favorites

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