Thanks to everyone who sent messages of support after yesterday's announcement that this account will be archived in coming weeks 🫶
Until then, we'd love to take you on a trip down memory lane and highlight some of our grand adventures and discoveries. Sound OK to you?
Navigating the stratosphere is no small feat, and it wouldn’t be possible without our incredible Balloon Farm team. Every mission is lifted to the stratosphere by a balloon made at our in-house balloon manufacturing facility. We couldn't reach new heights without them!
Not the best observing last week, but it can be fun when you are clouded in like this to take surreal pictures of the all white landscape, as demonstrated by @KevZag#southpole#Antarctica
BREAKING NEWS
The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
To the communities who have been impacted by Hurricane Helene, we are here for you.
Here is the current map of our unit status in your area. For address information, please visit: https://t.co/NwrCWskvl3
#whindex#hurricanehelene#helene
NEW: This was apparently the first time the National Weather Service has ever issued a warning for DVD-sized hail.
A DVD represents a diameter of 4.75-5 inches. I measured about 4.75 with a stone that had melted for 20 minutes, and noted a couple of approximately 5 inches.
Check out this composite aerial from the Marietta EF4 tornado!
The tornado had a very thin and intense core, leading to damage like this where the center of the building is carved.
Explosive deep convection initiation in a "zipper"-like fashion along the boundary intersection of a northwestward-retreating dryline and a southeastward-moving cold front in Southwest TX this evening. #txwx