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Got rockstars? We do!

@LowellObs @MoonrakerMaker Exciting!

Our new Moonraker Telescope by @MoonrakerMaker is a #steampunk dream! It will provide white light daytime views of the sun and nighttime views of the moon, planets, doublestars, and star clusters. The Giovale Open Deck Observatory opens October 5! 🔭 #Flagstaff #DarkSkyCity

This tiny archosauromorph femur is as long as my distal phalanx! Found yesterday at @PetrifiedNPS #fossilfriday #triassic

Here’s @Koskinonodon holding an ontogenetic series of three metoposaurid intercentra found in the quarry while measuring a section through the site. #gottacatchemall #mur

Still time to register for Nightscape Photography workshop with Emmy award-winning cinematographer @FrankKraljic . bit.ly/28K8YPFFI

This is the world’s oldest fossil crayfish, Enoploclytia porteri, found at @PetrifiedNPS. It was native to northern Arizona 220 million years ago, but now crayfish are invasive here and you can catch and eat as many as you want with a valid @azgfd fishing license. #mudbug

I’ve been scanned a few times at @SummitHealthAZ but I prefer scanning fossils from @PetrifiedNPS. Thanks for some great data! This is an aetosaur skull from PEFO found by @yalepeabody. With @JustDinos and @WAReyes6.

Had a great three weeks with @VTechmeetsPaleo at and near @PetrifiedNPS! Y’all come back now, you hear? @DevinKHoffman @TheKhanine @JustDinos @EddinsHannah @JustDinos @brenenwynd #triassic #fossils #Paratypothorax

@PetrifiedNPS rocks ROCK!

National Park gateway communities are part of this interaction.

Hi folks! Our Painted Desert Visitors Center and Rainbow Forest Museum will be changing opening hours tomorrow. The new hours will be from 7am to 7:30pm (MST). #PEFO #NPS #FindYourPark

Yes, princesses CAN be scientists! The fossil prep lab is open for visitors to stop by, featuring our museum services tech, paleontologist and fossil preparator of @PetrifiedNPS .

Excavating for fossil amber at @PetrifiedNPS with @VTechmeetsPaleo. Welcome... to Triassic Park

There's more to Lowell Observatory than just the Discovery Channel Telescope. We have several smaller telescopes, and we operate the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, which is currently undergoing a multi-million dollar upgrade.

@JoshuaTreeNPS Also: WTF (Where's the forest)

@JoshuaTreeNPS Petrified Forest: a bunch of picked over rocks Or my favorite: "This place is so beautiful, it's just that it's in the middle of nowhere..." 😳

What’s the worst way to describe Joshua Tree or another national park? #PoorlyDescribeANationalPark

New paper day! Read about U-Pb geochronology of the Sonsela Member of the Chinle Formation and how it relates to underlying strata and fluvial systems: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/…

@FOX10Phoenix How about some love for Arizona's other gems? @PetrifiedNPS Temps are still mild and the wildflowers are blooming. Bring the family and the dog to hike the trails and enjoy colorful scenery, historic sites and the fantastic petrified wood.

@Interior Wildflowers gloriously punctuate an already colorful landscape at @PetrifiedNPS. The next few weeks will be a great time to visit and photograph them at full bloom. photo by Ranger Anita Varnon.