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TerraLink—like all our Link galleries—is a high tech environment accompanied by high touch experiences. Fly over images of local cities and cities around the world. Navigate from low-Earth-orbit to the top of your house using real data. Surf the web. Watch NASA's latest Earth science videos and press conferences. Observe and disrupt a forming tornado with your hand. See a live blue crab up-close using the "Crab-Cam." TerraLink is high tech and hands on!

Part media center, part discovery room, and part newsroom, TerraLink brings you the "latest and greatest" in Earth system science. TerraLink is equipped with Internet-ready computers, media players, satellite television and surround-sound audio systems. Computer and video sources can be displayed on huge screens offering visitors a unique immersive experience. If it’s happening in Earth system science—it’s happening in TerraLink.

By far the most important resource in TerraLink is its staff. Our knowledgeable, trained staff is comprised of Earth science educators and community volunteers who serve as exhibit facilitators. More than guides, our staff is present to share their excitement for Earth science, to engage visitors in interesting dialogue, and to ensure a fun, dynamic, educational environment.

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