JuiceboxBe the DJ
Team Lychee · NASA Space Apps 2026
The Earth is your mixtape.
Pick a map, choose a place, and turn it into your own mix with Lychee Juicebox.
Be the DJ- 01 Choose an Earth map or upload your own.
- 02 Pick an area on the globe or enter coordinates.
- 03 Pick a sound and press Generate & play my mix.
Demo video coming soon.
01 · Pick your map
Pick your canvas
Start with an Earth image or NASA visualization. Your chosen place and radius work with every map.
Your maps
Bring your own map.
Choose a full-world equirectangular PNG or JPEG (up to 8192 × 4096 pixels and 10 MB), then use the sound controls below. A detailed source gives a clearer crop. GeoJSON points can also be displayed on the globe, but cannot be turned into sound.
Selected circle: North Atlantic (38.000°, -35.000°; 2500 km).
02 · Find your spot
Find your spot
Click the globe to choose a place. Use the radius slider below to hear more or less of the map.
Google Maps requires NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY. The globe preview remains available.
Advanced location optionsCity, coordinates and presets
Saved areas
Name and save the selected area. Add a city and country to place the center at that city.
City coordinates from GeoNames via Open-Meteo.
Your selected center and circle determine which part of the map becomes sound.
03 · Sound
Map preview
The gold line shows which part of the map you’re hearing.
Actual World map. North Atlantic, circle area with a 2500 kilometer radius will become sound. Template: loading. Scan: Clockwise. Listening mode: Normal. Length: 10 seconds. The color bars describe image colors and brightness at the current scan position.
Preparing selected region…
Generate a sound to see playback controls.
North Atlantic · 2500 km circle
The gold line follows playback. Turn on DJ mode to drag it.Bars show brightness-weighted color layers at the gold scan marker. They follow playback and DJ mode.
Choose a map to see its color layers.
Mix your sound
Pick the instruments, move the scan, choose a listening mode, and set the length.
Choose the instruments.
Choose how the line moves across the map.
The sound follows a line rotating clockwise from the center.
Try 3D or 8D with headphones to hear the scan move.
Normal: Clear, centered sound. Great on any speaker.
Choose 10, 20, or 30 seconds.
Pick a map to start your mix.
Pick a map to begin.
Team Lychee
We’re five students from Türkiye. We built this project for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge in Eindhoven.
Meet us on Space AppsAbout the data
The sound comes from the selected image or video frame. It represents image colors and brightness, not recorded audio or measured sound from Earth.
This is a still Earth image from Three.js.
Globe texture from the Three.js Earth imagery example.