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See How Nature Draws the Alphabet

NASA tracks down the 26 letters of the alphabet from space.
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this false-color image of the Ugab River in Namibia.
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this false-color image of the Ugab River in Namibia.NASA
/ Source: NBC News
By Yijun He

NASA’s writer Adam Voiland has been collecting images of clouds, phytoplankton blooms, deltas and dust clouds, etc. that formed shapes reminiscent of letters. Below are all 26 letters of the English alphabet shown on NASA satellite imagery and astronaut photography.

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Yijun He

Yijun He is a multimedia producer for NBC News.