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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14 comments:

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

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

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

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

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    1. Just for fun I tried the names Lizzy and Max and had no problems.

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  6. 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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  7. Cute! But someone sat there and matched up those land masses with the alphabet letters. Linda in Kansas

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  8. Oh wow! I've never heard of this. This looks like so much fun. And yes, I certainly do see KATHY.

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