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The Alphabet from Orbit: Letter L
Published February 14, 2017
Snow across the northeastern United States paints the shape of an 'L'.
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The Alphabet from Orbit: Letter H
Rivers run through colorful ridges in southwestern Kyrgyzstan.
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The Alphabet from Orbit: Letter F
Published February 13, 2017
Landsat 8 acquired this false-color image of valleys and snow-covered mountain ranges in southeastern Tibet on August 4, 2014.
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The Alphabet from Orbit: Letter B
Published January 3, 2016
Holla Bend, a refuge along the Arkansas River, benefits bunches of babbling birds.
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The Alphabet from Orbit: Letter T
Published January 1, 2016
What begins with T? Taal, Tolbachik, and trees amidst this tan terrain.
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Letter N for the New Year
Published December 31, 2015
Nimbus and nuclei and the near-infrared all bring us earth science joy.
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Letter Y: Ugab River, Namibia
Published December 26, 2015
What starts with Y? Yellowstone, the Yukon Delta, and the Yellow Sea.
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Letter K: Sirmilik National Park
Published December 24, 2015
Keen to see K from space? See what satellites have have kindly revealed.
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The Alphabet from Orbit: Letter J
Published December 23, 2015
J brings us joy when we view it from space.
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“V” is for Volcano
Published March 26, 2015
Ash paints the snow to the northwest and northeast of Russia’s Shiveluch volcano.
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Greenland’s Leidy Glacier
Published January 22, 2015
Crisscrossing glaciers in northwest Greenland flow along the path of least resistance.
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Bowknot Bend
Published March 17, 2014
The Green River in eastern Utah once carved soft sediment into meanders on a floodplain. Then the land and mountains rose and the river dug deep, preserving those meanders in stone.
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