Here's what 'Wisconsin' looks like spelled out in satellite images from NASA
Maybe not. But this tool from NASA will show you anyway — and fair warning: it's hard to stop once you start.
NASA Landstat Science will use real satellite images to spell out any word you choose. The images range from rivers, mountains, islands or lakes and were all captured by one of Landstat's Earth-observing satellites, which first launched in 1972.
Once you enter a word, the tool will tell you where exactly in the world each image comes from, and generate a new combination of images every time you re-enter the word. We tried out "Wisconsin" and "Milwaukee" — more than few times each.
Here's what we got and how you can try it for yourself:
Here's how Landstat Science spelled out Wisconsin for us — though you may get something a little different when you try it out for yourself.
The above images are from:
W: La Primavera, Columbia
I: Djebel Ouarkziz, Morocco
S: N'Djamena, Chad
C: Deception Island, Antarctica
O: Manicouagan Reservoir, Canada
N: Yapacani, Bolivia
S: Mackenzie River, Canada
I: Canandaigua Lake, New York
N: Yapacani, Bolivia
Here's Milwaukee spelled out with satellite images from:
M: Tian Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan
I: Djebel Ouarkziz, Morocco
L: Nusantara, Indonesia
W: Ponoy River, Russia
A: Lake Mjøsa, Norway
U: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
K: Sirmilik National Park, Canada
E: Firn-filled Fjords, Tibet
E: Sea of Okhotsk
Here's how to see your name — or any word — in satellite images:
Go to NASA Landsat Science.
Type in your word of your choice and hit enter.
You'll see your name spelled out in the images. You can click on each one to see the location in the world, down to the exact coordinates, where the "letter" appears.
To download the image, you can hit the downward arrow button next to "Enter."
Cheryl McCloud contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: How to spell out your name in satellite images from NASA
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