images credit NASA/JPL
Los Angeles and vicinity seen from space as viewed by the Landsat 7 satellite from an altitude of 437 miles on May 4 2001 North is at the top Topographic shading has been enhanced using an elevation data set acquired by the Space Shuttle Endeavour in February 2000 Downtown Los Angeles is just south of the image center with L A and Long Beach harbors to the south Santa Monica Bay to the west San Fernando Valley to the northwest San Gabriel Valley to the east and Orange County to the southeast The San Andreas fault forms the straight diagonal mountain front bordering the Mojave Desert at the top of the image At full resolution features on the ground as small as 15 meters 49 feet across can be distinguished including street patterns and large buildings as well as boats and their wakes on the ocean More than ten million people live within this scene
Size: 3528px × 5208px
Photo credit: © Steve Stock / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: angeles, ariel, birds-eye, los, map
