@VolcanoCowboy

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Meet Brent & Kat’s robotic science assistant: LiDAR! This device uses millions of tiny laser beams to map the inside of the crater in 3D. (LiDAR = Light Detection And Ranging.) We'll compare this volcanic landscape with places on the Moon that may have a similar history.
person wearing a safety vest and operating a large cylindrical device mounted on a tripod, on the floor of a giant crater.

ALT person wearing a safety vest and operating a large cylindrical device mounted on a tripod, on the floor of a giant crater.

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Ernie hikes back and forth across the landscapes he studies, collecting evenly spaced lines of data. When this volcanic crater cooled, each landform was left with an invisible magnetic field. Ernie's backpack-mounted detector measures the strength of the field along his path.
Person wearing a safety vest and a backpack with a tall antenna attached, on the rocky floor of a giant crater.

ALT Person wearing a safety vest and a backpack with a tall antenna attached, on the rocky floor of a giant crater.

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This crater, Kīlauea Iki, was once filled with molten lava. Brent & Kat use a portable laser scanner to make a 3D map of the area while Ernie measures the magnetic field near a hill of volcanic rock. (Note: We're working at this site with special permission from @Volcanoes_NPS.)
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We’ve been testing this magnetic field detector all year and working hard to make it better– we can already collect measurements 10x faster than a few months ago. This is just one of the tools that the next Moon explorers could use to detect caves hidden under the lunar surface.
A large, dark cave entrance beneath the surface of a rocky landscape. In the distance, above the cave roof, are several people wearing safety vests.

ALT A large, dark cave entrance beneath the surface of a rocky landscape. In the distance, above the cave roof, are several people wearing safety vests.

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We can’t see it from here, but another giant tunnel lies beneath this lava landscape. The Mag Team is using a portable magnetic field detector to look for telltale signs from above ground. When the team walks over the cave roof, the detector’s readout changes.
Three people wearing safety vests and standing on a field of lava. The researcher in the foreground holds a metal beam, with electronics attached, in her hands. In the background, two researchers hold power cords and a laptop.

ALT Three people wearing safety vests and standing on a field of lava. The researcher in the foreground holds a metal beam, with electronics attached, in her hands. In the background, two researchers hold power cords and a laptop.

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Hi from HI! We’re the Goddard Instrument Field Team (and friends), and we study Earth’s most otherworldly places. This week we’re in Hawaii working to answer questions about our solar system’s history and the search for life beyond Earth. Follow along for updates.
In a blue-lit cave, two researchers wearing helmets operate a large, flat light array mounted on a tripod. The cave walls are coated in a substance that fluoresces brightly.

ALT In a blue-lit cave, two researchers wearing helmets operate a large, flat light array mounted on a tripod. The cave walls are coated in a substance that fluoresces brightly.

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JUST IN: We’ve selected Draper of Cambridge, Massachusetts to deliver three #NASAScience investigations by 2025, under @NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) initiative, to the Schrödinger Basin — a lunar impact crater on the Moon’s far side! go.nasa.gov/3PHzGrG
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Staring at the first @NASAWebb images be like ..
NASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb11 Jul 2022
👀 Sneak a peek at the deepest & sharpest infrared image of the early universe ever taken — all in a day’s work for the Webb telescope. (Literally, capturing it took less than a day!) This is Webb’s first image released as we begin to #UnfoldTheUniverse: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages/
The background of space is black. Thousands of galaxies appear all across the view. Their shapes and colors vary. Some are various shades of orange, others are white. Most stars appear blue, and are sometimes as large as more distant galaxies that appear next to them. A very bright star is just above and left of center. It has eight bright blue, long diffraction spikes. Between 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock in its spikes are several very bright galaxies. A group of three are in the middle, and two are closer to 4 o’clock. These galaxies are part of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and they are warping the appearances of galaxies seen around them. Long orange arcs appear at left and right toward the center.

ALT The background of space is black. Thousands of galaxies appear all across the view. Their shapes and colors vary. Some are various shades of orange, others are white. Most stars appear blue, and are sometimes as large as more distant galaxies that appear next to them. A very bright star is just above and left of center. It has eight bright blue, long diffraction spikes. Between 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock in its spikes are several very bright galaxies. A group of three are in the middle, and two are closer to 4 o’clock. These galaxies are part of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and they are warping the appearances of galaxies seen around them. Long orange arcs appear at left and right toward the center.

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The sci-fi film "Tron" staring Jeff Bridges debuted in theatres today in 1982. #80s #80smovies #1980S
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I've got Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler too waiting there for me
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Introducing the Sedgwick's very own pride flag! (We told you there was more to the polls) Made using photos of your favourite rocks, we are thrilled to finally reveal the results of this project with you! #Pride #PrideMonth #PrideMonth2022 #LGBTQIA #MovingAMountain
The Pride Progress flag showing sections from 11 different rocks in different colours

ALT The Pride Progress flag showing sections from 11 different rocks in different colours

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No other profession is talking about arming their employees. But because it's teachers, people feel like they can ask them to do even more.
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Watched Star Wars Episode VII…in a giant theater…all by myself. No one else in the audience. It. Was. Awesome!
The Onion
@TheOnion1 Jun 2022
Fucking Loser At Movie All By Himself bit.ly/3z5BsxF
🔵 This week's comic: Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy 21st Century Classroom - (IH: bit.ly/TeamDancingBug) read it right here👇
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For 2 hours tonight I was 10 years old again. #TopGunMaverick
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Bill & Ted Day is NEXT WEEK, dude! 🎸⚡ Retweet, and invite a friend to party on with us! fb.me/e/3WUsjyusk
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The sea is foamin' like a bottle of beer
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Me Following behind Elon’s Dump Trucks of Cash on their way to Twitter HQ waiting for crumbs (a few million) to blow off. Or did he use @paypal to buy @Twitter ?
Sneak peek of the renovated #apollo16 pre-mission Geologic Maps of the Descartes Region of the Moon (Milton & Hodges, 1972) at 1:250k & 1:50k. @USGS_AstroGeo @NASAMoon
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