Los Angeles
at Night
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After sunset,
the borders of "The City of Angels" are defined as much
by its dark terrain features as by its well-lit grid of streets
and freeways. More than 13 million people inhabit the coastal basin,
which is bounded roughly by the Santa Monica and San Gabriel Mountains
to the north and the Chino Hills and Santa Ana Mountains to the
east and southeast.
The crew of
the International Space Station took this unique image shortly after
1 a.m. local time on March 10, 2003. Both the glitter and sprawl
of America's second largest city -- as well as a number of its renowned
landmarks -- are highly visible. In the north, Hollywood nestles
against the south side of the Santa Monica Mountains. On the coast,
Los Angeles International Airport and the port facilities at Long
Beach Naval Shipyards are bright spots. Finally, even at this time
of night, the bright lights of Disneyland in Anaheim are a standout
feature.
Astronaut photograph
ISS006-E-36913
was taken with an Electronic
Still Camera equipped with 85 mm lens and is provided by the Earth
Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed
at the NASA-JSC Gateway to Astronaut
Photography of Earth.
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