Crissy Johnson

Weather Science

[Crissy Johnson @flowersjohn007]

@NWSPortland A good soak then back to sunny and warm☀️

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

In Turkey, an elderly man who shines shoes for a living is visited each morning by a cat that comes for its daily brushing

[U.S. Department of the Interior @Interior]

Our National Park Week countdown heads to the Gulf Coast!

Gulf Islands National Seashore stretches across Florida and Mississippi with white-sand beaches, barrier islands and historic forts.

Photo by Kimberly Herold

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

The world's love for Dolly is endless ❤️‍🩹

[Empire State Building Observation Deck @EmpireStateBldg]

Tonight, the Empire State Building tower lights will turn to a pink sparkle at 9:25 to honor the late Dolly Parton.

Dolly was a global cultural icon whose seven-decade career reached generations of fans. Beyond entertainment, Dolly leaves a significant philanthropic legacy through the Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library, which has provided hundreds of millions of books to children worldwide.

At Nine-Two-Five tonight, we celebrate her and her legacy 💖

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Mama bear and... Wait for it.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

He is trapped in a time loop he cannot escape from.

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

This is how 2 AM looks in iceland

[USGS Volcanoes🌋 @USGSVolcanoes]

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a... bolide?

A bolide (large meteor) was observed in Washington State in the early morning hours of August 14. In addition to several eyewitness videos and disturbed pets, our infrasound instruments at several volcanoes recorded the bolide quite well. Infrasound refers to sound waves that are below the sensitivity of human hearing. Bolides are excellent infrasound generators because of their supersonic speed and fragmentation as they enter the atmosphere. Though dramatic to observe, bolides are common with thousands entering our global atmosphere daily.

This infographic shows what the infrasound signal looked like at each volcano. Look how different the signal is from volcano to volcano, what do you think it means? What could a scientist observe from this data?

The Cascades Volcano Observatory update for Friday, August 14, 2026: All volcanoes in the Cascade Range of Oregon and Washington were at normal background levels.

During the past week, small earthquakes were detected at Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Hood. Scientists conducted geologic fieldwork at Glacier Peak.

📷: This infographic shows the infrasound signal that was detected at each of the volcanoes listed on the figure (Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, Mount St. Helens and Mount Hood) between 12:55 AM and 1:10 AM Pacific Time. Data from USGS and Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Imagine seeing this in ancient times, when people had no idea what was happening

[Crissy Johnson @flowersjohn007]

@NicHulscher That is lame, especially considering how expensive some of those are.

[Hollywood Horror Museum @horrormuseum]

Vince Guaraldi was the brilliant composer and pianist behind the Peanuts cartoons.

It was quite controversial to use modern jazz in a kid's cartoon, networks hated it, but introduced many kids to jazz.

He was only 46 when he died in 1976, but left such a legacy!

[U.S. Department of the Interior @Interior]

Planning. Patience. Perfect timing.

Photographer Matt Ley captured the full moon appearing to shine from inside Highland Light Station at Cape Cod National Seashore.

Established in 1797, it's one of more than 700 historic lighthouses still standing across the United States.

[𝕐o̴g̴ @Yoda4ever]

Border collies when there's no sheep to herd..🐕🐾😅

[NASA Mars @NASAMars]

In its 14 years on Mars, the Curiosity rover has taken more than 700,000 images, but this one is special – because it was one of the first.

Happy landiversary, Curiosity!

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

Please stop flying your personal drones over wildfires. They can ground or collide with our firefighting aircraft, disrupting time critical firefighting and threatening people’s homes. Your photos are not worth someone’s home.

If you fly, we can’t.

[WA Emergency Management @waEMD]

We’re urging you to exercise the highest level of caution this weekend as the National Weather Service has issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning for Saturday afternoon and evening across central and eastern Washington. #wawx