NASA celebrates Earth Day with a tool that turns your name into a collage of real landscapes
Last Wednesday, for Earth Day, NASA launched “Your name on Landsat”, an interactive platform that allows you to spell your name using authentic satellite photos. Each letter of the alphabet (27 in total) is represented by an image of rivers, mountains, coasts or deserts captured by the Landsat program.
“The photographs come from the NASA Earth Observatory, NASA Worldview, USGS Earth Explorer and ESA Sentinel Hub,” explain developers Ross Walter, Allison Nussbaum and Ginger Butcher.
How it works
You just go to go.nasa.gov/4ak4Cdu, type your name, click “Enter” and wait a few seconds. The postcard includes geographic coordinates, type of relief (such as lakes or national parks) and country of origin. You can download it in PNG or share it with QR code.
The Landsat program: more than 50 years looking at the Earth
Since 1972, Landsat—in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey—has monitored the Earth’s surface to study climate change, natural resources, and disasters. It’s like having a visual archive of the planet that scientists use to understand how everything changes.
Bonus: free wallpapers
Additionally, NASA released HD and 4K backgrounds for PC and mobile—including epic images from the Apollo 8, Apollo 17, and Artemis II missions—under the slogan “Our Power, Our Planet.” Perfect if you want to remember every day how fragile this place is.
