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Lighting strike at Grand Canyon National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Aerial view of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Nighttime at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Lighting at Grand Canyon National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Autumn at Acadia National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Bison at Yellowstone National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

White Sands National Monument. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Grand Tetons National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Fall in Rocky Mountain National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Sunset at Grand Teton National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Northern Lights at Denali National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Rocky Mountain National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Nighttime at Arches National Monument. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Sunrise at Yosemite National Park. US Department of the Interior / Twitter

Twitter is showing off its power as a source of news and commentary with a showcase of 2013’s biggest events as seen on, where else, Twitter.

It’s a big week for social media sites sharing information about user behavior. Earlier, Facebook shared the most checked-in travel sights in the U.S. and abroad.

Inside Twitter’s year-end feature is a roundup of the most popular images shared by the U.S. Department of the Interior, which manages the country’s national park system. The images are above, and you can click through to the original post on Twitter for full stats on sharing.

During the U.S. government shutdown in October, users of Instagram took to their smartphones to post images of national parks that had been closed because of political battles in Washington, D.C.

Twitter’s roundup also included National Geographic’s tweets and images from the brand’s 125th anniversary year.

 

Tags: national parks, social media, twitter
Photo Credit: The U.S. Department of the Interior took to Twitter this year to share photos of U.S. National Parks and Monuments. Twitter