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A is for Azerbaijan

A meandering river birthed an oxbow lake that happens to be shaped like the first letter of the English alphabet.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A is for Azerbaijan.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published September 25, 2024
Data acquired September 2, 2024