The world spelt out in canyons, rivers, lava, and fields.
A visual journey across Earth’s surface captured by NASA and USGS Landsat satellite imagery, bringing together natural topographies and human geography to spell out Your name.
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The Curious Dutch Tradition of Flying Backpacks
Every June across the Netherlands, a peculiar sight transforms quiet neighborhoods and city streets. Standard home flagpoles begin hoisting unexpected cargo: worn backpacks, battered pencil cases, and bulging book bags flying high alongside the Dutch tricolor flag. To an outsider, it might look like a neighborhood prank or a bizarre outdoor storage solution. But in Dutch culture, this visual marker carries profound meaning—it signals that a student in that house has officially passed their eindexamen (final high school exams).