Happy Groundhog Day! Without groundhogs, our rangers have other methods to make weather predictions. If the Washington Monument is wet, it's raining.🌧️ If you can't see it, that indicates thick fog.🌫️ If you can see the Monument's shadow, tickets for the day are probably gone.🌤️
Here are some fun facts as we celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week:
🦦 Sea otters are excellent swimmers
🦦 They help keep their marine environments healthy
🦦 With great lung capacity, sea otters can stay underwater for more than 5 minutes at a time
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Here's your chance to join our team! All @NatlParkService jobs are listed at https://t.co/cpVb8ZxAQ1. Just search "National Mall" in #WashingtonDC. We currently have positions open for an Arborist and a Museum Curator. Do you have the skills?
As we continue to work on transforming our building in Washington, DC, and reimagining more galleries, this time-lapse video captures the installation of the new vestibule. The dramatic structure will welcome visitors from the National Mall.
#OnThisDay in 1945, the world breathed a sigh of relief as the conflict that touched every continent but Antarctica came to an end. Gen. George C. Marshall understood that victory came at an insurmountable human cost.
Our friends at the @georgecmarshall have developed a terrific interactive map tracking events in the life and career of General Marshall. Wonderful work – we encourage you to check it out! https://t.co/0Qf2LjRhTg
Daniel French Dr. & 23rd St. by the Lincoln Memorial and the Korean War Veterans Memorial will be closed from 6am to 6pm on Thursday (8/10) & Friday (8/11) for tree removal operations. Please plan your visit accordingly. #WashingtonDC
Making science videos takes hard work – and a little goofing around. You can find both in the bonus behind-the-scenes episode of High Above Down Under!
Watch the whole series: https://t.co/0AHSWswW88
"Okay, everyone squeeze in!" 📸
This photo from August 1953 shows a selection of research aircraft at the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station. How many of them can you identify?
On #TDIH in 1908, Wilbur Wright made the first public flight of a Wright airplane in Europe, dispelling doubts of the Wrights' achievement: https://t.co/IKQse43HZq
Every day at Goddard is #InternationalCatDay! We love our feline friends - like Bits, Curie, Dobby, & Sheba!
Share your cool cat companions and check out this sonification (turning data into sounds or music) of the Cat’s Eye Nebula for more cat content! https://t.co/Da2Jy0wD7F
JUST ANNOUNCED: The Barns is back with another exciting season! Tickets go on sale Friday, Aug 11 at 10 AM. Members buy first. → https://t.co/K8lGUWCE1K
Staying supplied and READY all around the 🌏
Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Petty Officer 3rd Class Shamus Fraser guides a MH-60R during a Vertical Replenishment aboard #USSNewYork currently participating in #LSE2023 a joint exercise with @USMC Aug 9-18, across 22 time zones.
We're getting through the "dog days" of summer, but one particular pup will always be here to greet visitors on the National Mall. Showing a more personal side of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, planners of his memorial included a statue of his famous dog Fala in the design.
HAPPENING NOW: National Mall Superintendent Jeff Reinbold joins officials from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to lay a wreath at the Korean War Veterans Memorial to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the armistice ending the Korean War.