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  1. 22 hours ago

    Prelim M7.7 earthquake near the coast of Los Lagos, Chile Dec-25 14:22 UTC, updates , 94 tweets/min

    1 reply 263 retweets 87 likes
  2. Dec 24

    In our last of 2016, you can see the port of Rotterdam grow by 5,000 acres via imagery:

    30 retweets 32 likes
  3. Dec 23

    As the sun sets on the northernmost U.S. horizons, Have a merry, safe weekend everyone! Revelation Mountains, Alaska

    1 reply 56 retweets 150 likes
  4. Dec 23

    "I'm king of the world! Well, either that, or I'm demoing the latest in bird banding..."

    3 replies 26 retweets 61 likes
  5. Dec 23

    Checking a gravity station, Western Cook Inlet area, . Note the helicopter's tundra camouflage!

    1 reply 10 retweets 21 likes
  6. Dec 23

    Answer to question: Ammonite mold. Location: Western Cook Inlet region, Southcentral Alaska. Probably Jurassic.

    1 reply 7 retweets 24 likes
  7. Dec 23

    Friday's question: What is this? Answer in about an hour. This is from , but similar ones found worldwide.

    32 replies 36 retweets 59 likes
  8. Dec 23

    The Geysers geothermal field has no actual geysers! ? More at:

    4 replies 18 retweets 22 likes
  9. Dec 22

    Get the snow shovels! Yacht Argo, Flaxman Island, Anglo-American Polar Expedition, winter 1910, AK.

    2 replies 17 retweets 31 likes
  10. Dec 22

    No confirmation yet of any red-nosed caribou. "The Other 364 Days of the Year: The Real Lives of Wild Reindeer"

    Caribou
    1 reply 22 retweets 42 likes
  11. Dec 22

    cranes make some seriously awesome snow angels during their takeoff!

    11 replies 461 retweets 746 likes
  12. Dec 22

    Pele's hair forms when gas bubbles burst in a lava lake and thrown into the air into hair-like strands that cool to a golden-colored glass.

    4 replies 74 retweets 113 likes
  13. Dec 22

    The density of allows sound to move through it at about 3,500 miles per hour!

    22 retweets 42 likes
  14. Dec 21

    USGS Photogrammetrist compiles a topographic operating the Wild B-8 stereoplotter, circa 1960

    31 retweets 70 likes
  15. Dec 21

    There are so many ways to enjoy public lands in ! Get inspired with these snowy scenes: ❄️

    A rock formation in the distance is seen through a hole in a closer rock wall. The landscape is dusted with snow and lit with morning light.
    In a snowy, mountain landscape, one fox sits on a rock as another peeks around the side.
    Stars shine down on mountains, sand dunes and trees covered in snow.
    22 replies 519 retweets 1,180 likes
  16. Dec 21

    USGS Releases Results of Gem County Groundwater Quality Study

    6 retweets 7 likes
  17. Dec 21

    has 10 New Streamgages Installed to Help Manage the Valuable Water Resources

    1 reply 9 retweets 22 likes
  18. Dec 21

    For see what's buzzing at the USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab

    12 retweets 20 likes
  19. Dec 21

    Happy 2016...

    1 reply 68 retweets 121 likes
  20. Dec 20

    Short-lived explosive eruption reported for Bogoslof Volcano, . Color Code Red. Info :

    4 replies 155 retweets 110 likes

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