This free NASA tool lets you make a personalized satellite photo —and it's the most fun you'll have on Earth Day
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A rocky formation shaped like a "T." A swirling ocean current curling into an "E." NASA has quietly launched one of its more delightful tools: "Your Name in Landsat," a free interactive that spells out any word using real satellite imagery sourced from more than 50 years of Earth observation.
Each letter is drawn from actual landscape photographs, and hovering over an image reveals its precise location on the globe. The tool arrives just in time for Earth Day, the annual environmental observance now in its 56th year.
NASA says the images come from its Landsat program, the longest-running satellite imagery program in the world, active since 1972. Users can download their creations or share them as links.
It's a small, cheerful reminder of just how strange and beautiful our planet looks from above, and perhaps, NASA hopes, enough to spark a moment of environmental curiosity in whoever types their name in.
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