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Your Name in Landsat

With this online interactive, users can type in their name then view and export the graphic of that name spelled out in Earth features found in Landsat images.

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Age Level: 10+
Setting: Small group, individual
Type: Interactive
Topics: Land cover
Estimated Time: <5 min

<strong>Age Level:</strong> 10+ <br><strong>Setting: </strong>Small group, individual<br><strong>Type:</strong> Interactive<br><strong>Topics: </strong> Land cover<br><strong>Estimated Time:</strong> <5 min

What does your name look like from space? Discover how satellite imagery from Earth can spell out your name.

Developed by Ross Walter, Allison Nussbaum, and Ginger Butcher from the Landsat Project Science Support Team.

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The satellite images used in this interactive are part of Landsat's extensive record, spanning more than 50 years.

These Landsat satellite images were sourced from NASA Earth Observatory, NASA Worldview, USGS EarthExplorer, and ESA Sentinel Hub, and are available for download.

Your Name in Landsat Image Gallery

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April 22, 2025

NASA Earth Day Poster 2025

Download this year’s Earth Day Poster and see your name in Landsat. With NASA’s “Your Name in Landsat” online interactive, users can type in their name, then view and export the graphic of that name spelled out in Earth features found in Landsat images.

April 22, 2025

NASA Earth Day Poster 2025

Poster featuring vertical satellite images of Earth's diverse landscapes arranged to spell "EARTHDAY." Below the images, text reads: “Celebrate Earth from space with NASA” on a black background.

Alphabet Image Gallery

These Landsat satellite images were sourced from NASA Earth Observatory, NASA Worldview, USGS EarthExplorer, and ESA Sentinel Hub. Click on a letter to the right to view all downloadable images for that letter.

A

Landsat satellite image of a lake surrounded by vegetated land. The shape of the lake forms the capital letter A.

Lake Mjøsa, Norway

60°45'52.7 N 10°56'43.2 E

Landsat satellite image of the Yukon River delta flowing into the Bering Sea. The river forms a capital letter A.

Yukon Delta, Alaska

62°33'17.7 N 164°56'10.3 W

Landsat satellite image shows a river forming a capital letter A.

Lake Guakhmaz, Azerbaijan

40°39'50.8 N 47°06'36.2 E

Landsat satellite image showing ice in the form of a capital letter A.

Farm Island, Maine

45°43'43.8 N 69°46'08.9 W

Landsat satellite image showing a river in the form of a capital letter A, surrounded by green land.

Hickman, Kentucky

36°35'20.8 N 89°20'26.9 W

B

Landsat satellite image of a muddy river forming the lower case letter B. The river is surrounded by green vegetation.

Humaitá, Brazil

7°37'00.1"S 62°55'17.0"W

Landsat satellite image of a river shaped like the lower case letter B. The Holla Bend Wildlife Refuge is located around here.

Holla Bend, Arkansas

35°08'41.1 N 93°03'16.5 W

C

Landsat image of a river forming the capital letter C. The river is surrounded by thin rectangular agricultural crops.

False River, Louisiana

36°35'20.8 N 89°20'26.9 W

Landsat satellite image of a mountainous island forming the lower case letter C. The island is covered by snow and ice on the upper and lower right portions.

Deception, Island, Antarctica

62°57'22.3 S 60°38'32.8 W

Landsat satellite image of a reflective man-made segmented structure forms the lower case letter C in the middle of the Black Rock Desert.

Black Rock Desert, Nevada

40°47'15.8 N 119°12'13.0 W

D

Landsat image of a lake forming the capital letter D. The lake is comprised of man-made geometric shapes for agriculture.

Lake Tandou, Australia

32°37'17.8 S 142°04'21.4 E

Landsat image of an island forming the capital letter D. Mudflats surround the island.

Akimiski Island, Canada

53°00'58.5 N 81°18'24.6 W

E

Landsat image of a glacier forms the upper case letter E.

Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, Iceland

64°05'45.0 N 16°21'45.6 W

Landsat satellite image of carbonate sediment in the sea forms the lower case letter E.

Bellona Plateau

20°30'00.0 S 158°30'00.0 E

Landsat satellite image of ocean turbulence forming the lower case letter E.

Sea of Okhotsk

54°42'50.3 N 136°34'20.4 E

Landsat image of fjords forming the capital letter E.

Firn-filled Fjords, Tibet

29°15'46.9 N 96°19'03.8 E

F

Landsat satellite image of a long thin lake forms the lower case letter F.

Kruger National Park, South Africa

28°44'01.3 S 29°12'30.1 E

Geometric shaped vegetation on the land forms the capital letter F in this Landsat satellite image.

Mato Grosso, Brazil

13°50'26.9 S 55°17'55.0 W

G

Landsat satellite image of a curvy muddy river forms the lower case letter G.

Fonte Boa, Amazonas

2°26'30.8 S 66°16'43.7 W

H

Landsat satellite image of dry land surrounded by vegetation forms the capital letter H.

Khorinsky District, Russia

52°02'50.4 N 109°46'51.2 E

Landsat satellite image of a dry mountainous region with two layers or colors forms the upper case letter H.

Southwestern Kyrgyzstan

40°14'03.6 N 71°14'22.8 E

I

Landsat satellite image of a lava field shown in the color red form a lower case letter I. Ice and the plume of steam are shown in the color light blue and are flowing out to the left of the lava field.

Holuhraun Lava Field, Iceland

64°51'11.2 N 16°49'37.2 W

Landsat satellite image of land folds in the desert in Morocco form the lower case letter I.

Djebel Ouarkziz, Morocco

28°18'01.5 N 10°33'58.5 W

Landsat satellite image of salt pans where water has dried up in the Etosha National Park.The formations form the lower case letter I.

Etosha National Park, Namibia

18°29'15.2 S 16°10'14.6 E

Landsat satellite image of a long thin lake forms the capital letter I.

Conesus Lake, New York

42°47'11.0 N 77°42'58.1 W

Two sandy islands form the lower case letter I in this Landsat satellite image.

Borgarbyggð, Iceland

64°45'46.4 N 22°27'28.0 W

J

Landsat satellite image of lake ice forms the capital letter J.

Lake Superior, North America

46°41'10.2 N 90°23'11.5 W

Water feature forms the lower case letter J in this Landsat satellite image.

Karakaya Dam, Turkey

38°29'37.7 N 38°26'39.5 E

Landsat satellite image of an underwater barrier reef forms the lower case letter J.

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

18°20'55.3 S 146°50'51.4 E

K

Mountain tops form the capital letter K in this Landsat satellite image.

Golmud, China

35°36'46.3 N 95°03'45.9 E

A satellite image of Sirmilik National Park, Canada

Sirmilik National Park, Canada

72°05'01.1 N 76°48'42.9 W

L

Rectangular crops form the capital letter L in this Landsat satellite image.

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

50°12'41.3 N 104°43'38.1 W

Rectangular crops form the capital letter L in this Landsat satellite image.

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

50°11'51.7 N 104°17'15.4 W

Landsat satellite image of sedimentary rock layer ridges forming the capital letter L.

Xinjiang, China

40°04'02.8 N 77°40'00.7 E

Landsat satellite image of exposed soil in the forest forms the capital letter L.

Nusantara, Indonesia

0°58'18.1 S 116°41'58.9 E

M

Landsat satellite image showing glacier rivers forming the lower case letter M.

Tian Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan

42°07'16.4 N 80°02'44.1 E

Landsat satellite image showing a curvy river forming the lower case letter M.

Potomac River

38°46'32.2 N 78°24'07.1 W

Landsat satellite image showing a curvy river forming the lower case letter M.

Shenandoah River, Virginia

38°46'32.2 N 78°24'07.1 W

N

Landsat satellite image showing roads cut through a forest that form the upper case letter N.

São Miguel do Araguaia, Brazil

12°56'44.3 S 50°29'42.0 W

Landsat satellite image in true-color showing a curved muddy river forming the lower case letter N.

Yapacani, Bolivia

17°18'29.7 S 63°53'19.0 W

Landsat satellite image in false-color showing a curved muddy river forming the lower case letter N. Red color around the ricker represents vegetation. Green color of the river represents water.

Yapacani, Bolivia

17°18'29.7 S 63°53'19.0 W

O

Frozen water formation forms the letter O in this Landsat satellite image.

Manicouagan Reservoir, Canada

51°22'42.4 N 68°40'27.2 W

Lake surrounded by snow on top of a mountain forms the letter O in this Landsat satellite image.

Crater Lake, Oregon

42°56'10.0 N 122°06'04.7 W

P

Landsat satellite image of a meandering river that forms the capital letter P.

Riberalta, Bolivia

10°52'44.0 S 66°02'52.0 W

Landsat satellite image of a meandering river that forms the lower case letter P.

Mackenzie River Delta, Canada

68°12'54.4 N 134°23'15.3 W

Q

Mountaintop volcanic crater forms the capital letter Q in this Landsat satellite image.

Mount Tambora, Indonesia

8°14'31.3 S 117°59'31.2 E

Landsat satellite image of a water filled crater in the shape of the capital letter Q.

Lonar Crater, India

19°58'36.8 N 76°30'30.6 E

R

Curvy river forms the upper case letter R in this Landsat satellite image.

Canyonlands National Park, Utah

38°26'27.8 N 109°45'03.3 W

Colored water flows among coral reefs form the upper case letter R in this Landsat satellite image.

Florida Keys

24°45'30.4 N 81°31'53.6 W

Bare land surrounded by forest forms the lower case letter R in this Landsat satellite image.

Province of Sondrio, Italy

46°17'38.3 N 9°25'14.5 E

Landsat satellite image of a lake that forms the lower case letter R.

Lago Menendez, Argentina

42°41'14.9 S 71°52'21.7 W

S

Landsat satellite image of a river forming the letter S.

Rio Chapare, Bolivia

16°56'04.7 S 65°13'44.2 W

Landsat satellite image of a river forming the letter S.

N’Djamena, Chad

12°00'27.7 N 15°03'46.2 E

Frozen river forms the letter S in this Landsat satellite image.

Mackenzie River

68°25'01.0 N 134°08'35.2 W

T

Landsat satellite image of suspended sediment and colored dissolved organic matter in the river delta forms the upper case letter T.

Lena River Delta

72°52'40.3 N 129°31'51.5 E

Landsat satellite image showing vegetation planted along a highway in the desert forms the upper case letter T.

Liwa, United Arab Emirates

23°10'30.0 N 53°47'52.8 E

U

Landsat satellite image showing vegetated areas resembling the lower case letter U.

Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming

41°19'26.0 N 105°46'13.9 W

Landsat satellite image showing a curved bend in the river resembling the lower case letter U.

Canyonlands National Park, Utah

38°16'09.1 N 109°55'32.7 W

V

A lake forms the lower case letter V in this Landsat satellite image.

Mapleton, Maine

46°32'40.5 N 68°15'06.4 W

River forms the capital letter V in this Landsat satellite image.

Padma River, Bangladesh

23°21'03.9 N 90°33'06.9 E

Landsat satellite image of a squiggly lake form the capital letter V.

New South Wales, Australia

34°17'11.2 S 150°49'32.4 E

Landsat satellite image shows dry river beds that form the capital letter V and are surrounded by rectangular shapes that are croplands.

Cellina and Meduna Rivers, Italy

46°06'41.4 N 12°45'26.6 E

W

Forested area creates the upper case letter W in the surrounding landscape in this Landsat satellite image.

La Primavera, Columbia

5°26'57.9 N 69°47'57.0 W

Curvy river forms the lower case letter W in this Landsat satellite image.

Ponoy River, Russia

67°02'10.9 N 40°20'19.3 E

X

Channels in the land after a glacial retreat form the capital letter X in this Landsat satellite image.

Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland

66°37'05.2 N 36°22'05.9 W

Landsat satellite image shows water inlets that form the upper case letter X.

Davis Strait, Greenland

62°14'14.8 N 49°34'49.9 W

Glacier outlets form the lower case letter X in this Landsat satellite image.

Wolstenholme Fjord, Greenland

76°44'03.8 N 68°36'23.3 W

Y

Landsat satellite image of a glacier in the form of the capital letter Y.

Tasman Glacier, New Zealand

43°31'19.4 S 170°49'53.7 E

Landsat satellite image showing a lagoon in the form of the lower case letter Y.

Estuario de Virrila, Peru

5°51'53.4 S 80°43'51.6 W

Landsat satellite image of a river forming the lower case letter Y.

Bíobío River, Chile

37°16'02.4 S 72°43'42.9 W

Z

Landsat satellite image of a canyon in the form of the capital letter Z.

Mohammed Boudiaf, Algeria

34°59'19.3 N 4°23'20.8 E

Landsat satellite image of forested areas in the form of the lower case letter Z.

Primavera do Leste, Brazil

15°29'38.9 S 54°20'27.5 W

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