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This NASA tool writes names with satellite images. Here's Nevada. Where in the world is yours?
If you're OK with that, you can spend hours with a nifty tool from NASA: Spell out any name using real satellite images from ...
This NASA tool writes names with satellite images. Here's Florida. Where in the world is yours?
NASA's Landsat Science even allows you to see where in the world each "letter" is located. Here's how we spent our morning. We tried it out with Florida and found satellite images spelling the name of ...
This NASA tool writes your name with satellite imagery. Where in the world is yours?
A NASA tool will generate your name using Landsat imagery, and give you the coordinates for each letter. Here's how to create ...
Earth Day explained: Why we celebrate the planet that provides for us, how to get involved
Earth Day has always been a day that acknowledges our planet, which provides for us, and ways we can protect and preserve its ...
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The Failure—and Hope—of Earth Day
From the daily newsletter: why we should be in the streets; and Pope Francis’s tangled relationship with Argentina.
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My Turn | This is the wrong time to disengage with China
"If we cut ourselves off from the Chinese research world, both countries will be the losers," UI Professor Emeritus Gary ...