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August 30, 2024 curios

Your Name in Landsat

Type your name to see it spelled in satellite imagery from around the world. Hover over an image to see its location. Nice! (h/t David Ho for the link)

The letters E L L A N E depicted in satellite imagery

Possible uses:

Good fun
Graphic for someone’s birthday card
Creative ransom notes (—kidding)
Spark an interest in seeing/photographing letter shapes in the natural world around you

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