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An Overview of Earth Science Week

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Focus Days Earth Science Week is happy to announce special days focusing on specific themes during the week-long celebration, October 11 – 17, 2020. Sunday, October 11International Earthcache Day. Explore the world with this GPS scavenger hunt! Monday, October 12Minerals Day. Join us in raising awareness of and appreciation for minerals and mineralogy! Tuesday, October

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Introducing Iowa Landforms Revealed

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This spring, Gregg Hadish of USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service and staff member of ISU GIS Facility put together a series of images called Iowa Landforms Revealed. The project looks at Iowa geological features using LiDAR. Gregg also used interesting color ramps to give these images an artistic component, inspired by the USGS Earth as

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