Monday, January 13, 2025

Not Earth Shattering, But Still Enjoyable

The Internet is an endless source of enlightenment.

Today I learned about Landsat, which is a joint program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Since 1972 the program has launched a series of satellites that continuously capture images of the Earth's surface.

The NASA Landsat Science website has a lot of important scientific material. And some not so significant, but an awful lot of fun. One of the pages is called Your Name In Landsat. When you type a name into the box and click the Enter button, the page returns a set of images that mirror the letters in the name.

'Kathy' - can you see it?
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8 comments:

  1. DebbyJanuary 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM

    Wow that is so cool. And yes, I see your name.

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  2. ChristineJanuary 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM

    Very cool

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  3. BootsandBraidsJanuary 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM

    Yes, I see it. Very interesting. Heading on over to do mine.

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  4. Katerinas BlogJanuary 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM

    Our omoma written with the horizontal division of the earth is very beautiful!! I didn't know about this program, thanks for the info Kathy!!

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  5. MikeJanuary 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM

    Down the rabbit hole I went. I could waste days on this site.

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  6. jabblogJanuary 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM

    That is fun. I bet some names cause problems, though . . . those with x and z for example.

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  7. Debra She Who SeeksJanuary 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM

    Very cool!

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  8. ShugJanuary 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM

    This is so neat...it took me a few seconds to see your name written, but once I saw it, I clearly saw it.

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