Sciencestagram: Get Up On It

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Photo via the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Science is everywhere and it looks good!  It's pretty easy to find science on websites (hello), by following people on social media (hello), or by viewing television / radio shows by luminaries like Neil deGrasse Tyson.  However, one lesser known place has some amazing stuff - Instagram!  

Instagram is a lot more than selfie-obsessed tweens and people that can't cook worth a damn. The beauty of science is that a picture is truly worth a thousand words. I'm happy that science resources are using social network to push information to where people actually are, instead of waiting for people to come to their individual sites. Check out the story below at Read Write Web for 10 instagram accounts that you should be aware of!  

As you can tell, my favorite Instagram account from the list is the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. They update often and deliver stunning images. ,They have a larger, higher quality selection on Flickr but the social networking aspect of Instagram means that I'm on there a lot more than I am on Flickr.

 Photo via the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

More of NASA's Year of Awesome: Goddard Flight Center

The photo of the "Mickey Mouse" crater on Mercury. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

I previously posted an NASA infographic celebrating its 2012 accomplishments.  The NASA Goddard Flight Center decided that that wasn't enough, and they've posted their own collection of photos and videos. Unfortunately they can't be embedded as a set, but a link to the Flickr album can be found by clicking here.

I had the pleasure of visiting the Goddard Center in Greenbelt, MD this year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Landsat system.  My coverage can be found here.  

NASA Landsat 40th Anniversary Photos

On July 23rd, I traveled to DC to attend a NASA event celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program. The Landsat satellites provide valuable images of the planet for analysis of forests, natural disasters, etc. I joined other NASA twitter followers via the #NASASocial program at the Newseum (Washington, DC) and Goddard Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD).

Check out my coverage of the event below. Follow me on Twitter at @ShareefJackson or search the hashtags #NASASocial and #Landsat for tweets from other attendees.