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    26 stunning OC aerial images that look like the alphabet
    • June 24, 2023

    The letter A is Victoria Drive, Nyes Place and South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, CA, on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter B is an office building at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA, on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter C is an apartment building in Irvine, CA, on Saturday, April 1, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter D is Villa Anaheim Senior Apartments in Anaheim, CA, on Saturday, March 4, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter E is an apartment building near Smithcliffs View Park in Laguna Beach, CA, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter F is Collins, Sundance and Morion Circles in Huntington Beach, CA, on Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter G is an apartment building at Corte Bella in Irvine, CA, on Friday, March 31, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter H is where Arbor crosses Stonegate and Eaton Lanes in Laguna Niguel, CA, on Saturday, April 1, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter I is the courtyard of an office building in Anaheim, CA, on Saturday, April 1, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter J is a tractor in the sand in Seal Beach, CA, on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter K is the Beach Boulevard on and off ramps for the northbound 5 Freeway in Buena Park, CA, on Saturday, April 1, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter L is the tennis courts at Fullerton College in Fullerton, CA, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter M is a trail near Stone Canyon Way in Brea, CA, on Saturday, April 1, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter N is where Walnut Avenue connects 1st and 2nd Streets in Huntington Beach, CA, on Saturday, May 13, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter O is the intersection of Ridge Valley and Cadence in the Great Park Neighborhoods in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, February 16, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter P is a dock at Newport Harbor in Newport Beach, CA, on Saturday, March 4, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter Q is the California Cove neighborhood in Laguna Beach, CA, on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter R is at Lake Park Brea in Brea, CA, on Saturday, March 4, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter S is Summit Drive in Laguna Beach, CA, on Thursday, March 16, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter T is at in Huntington Harbour in Huntington Beach, CA, on Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter U is at Rancho La Paz Mobile Home Park in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter V is at a farm in San Juan Capistrano, CA, on Friday, March 31, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter W is the intersection is The 241 Freeway where is meets The 91 Freeway in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter X is the Ocean Breeze Villas in Huntington Beach, CA, on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter Y is Avenida Cabrillo in San Clemente, CA, on Friday, March 17, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

    The letter Z is a pathway in Chapparosa Park in Laguna Niguel, CA, on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen)

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    Going about your daily routine, the same roads and buildings of your neighborhood can simply fade into the landscape. They become part of the background. But, with a little change of perspective, everything changes.

    Just a couple hundred feet in the air and the chaos turns to order. And, if you look hard enough, patterns start to emerge – like the English alphabet.

    This is a collection of aerial images over Orange County that resemble each letter of the alphabet.

    Here are the ABCs of The OC.

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    ​ Orange County Register 

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