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Old Posted Nov 6, 2010, 7:02 PM
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Aerial Views of Gigantic Los Angeles!

These are pictures I took of LA flying into and out of LAX this past week on my trip to NY. Enjoy!



Departure Take-Off at LAX by brighamyen, on Flickr



Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) by brighamyen, on Flickr



Aerial View of Central Los Angeles by brighamyen, on Flickr



Aerial View of Santa Monica and Brentwood by brighamyen, on Flickr



Aerial View of the Westside by brighamyen, on Flickr



Aerial View of Westwood and Century City by brighamyen, on Flickr


Beverly Hills and West Hollywood

Aerial View of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood by brighamyen, on Flickr


Downtown LA

Downtown Los Angeles and the Hollywood Sign by brighamyen, on Flickr



Downtown Los Angeles by brighamyen, on Flickr



Downtown Los Angeles by brighamyen, on Flickr


Mid-Wilshire

Mid-Wilshire by brighamyen, on Flickr


Final Descent into LAX

Final Descent into LAX by brighamyen, on Flickr
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Old Posted Nov 6, 2010, 9:54 PM
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wow!!! fantastic.
i usually visit in the summer, so the view i get is nowhere near this clear.
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Better than I thought it was going to be, just seeing the title, because it's quite clear. The city is massive, and it's amazing how you can have the mountains right next to a city that, itself, is flat in most part.
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I love aerials shots and those are great! Thanks.
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what a disgusting, suburban sunbelt sprawler
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Better than I thought it was going to be, just seeing the title, because it's quite clear. The city is massive, and it's amazing how you can have the mountains right next to a city that, itself, is flat in most part.
It is Basin and Range topography whcich is the predominant topography from the Rockies to the Coast. The Santa Monica, Verdugo, Santa Susanna and San Gabriel's are the 4 major ranges that cut right through the city limits of Los Angeles. In addition there are the Baldwin Hills (a very new mountain range in its infancy) rising in the center of the Los Angeles Basin, the San Rafael Hills that run through the seldom if ever photographed Northeast corner of the city and the Palos Verdes Hills to the extreme southwest of the city. So depending on where you are the city is very hilly, mountainess or flat.
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Great Pics!

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GREAT SHOTS!
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what a disgusting, suburban sunbelt sprawler
looks pretty dense to me, especially compared to flying into atlanta or houston.
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Awesome pics! Thanks
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I especially like the 5th photo showing how clearly the Santa Monica mountains separate the Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley. I wouldn't want to live north of those mountains considering how much they block the cool refreshing ocean air from reaching most valley locations.

The next two photos are pretty cool as well, showing UCLA/Westwood & Century City in the first and Beverly Hills & WeHo in the 2nd.
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i love flying in and out of LA, especially in the winter when the mountains are capped with snow. its fun to look down and spot the landmarks.

Good job with the pics LAB
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Loved the shot taken near LAX and the Pacific that took in city (basin), Hollywood Hills, and valley. Cool.

also liked the Westwood/Century City shoot with all the high rises on the Wilshire corridor. UCLA seems to take on the appearance of an island unto itself in the photo, its boundaries clearly defined.
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looks pretty dense to me, especially compared to flying into atlanta or houston.
Yeah, I wonder what Houston's density levels would be if IT were boxed between mountains and the ocean.

I never tire of looking at pix of L.A...NEVER!
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Wow I really love these pics and I'm so glad I moved here. Is it my imagination or is the air less smoggy than say 15 years ago? In my 3 months of living here most days are clear like tbese pics.
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great shots. looks like it was fairly clear skies!
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This aerial shot shows the true value of bringing Expo to Santa Monica and the Purple Line to West LA (and eventually Santa Monica). The present level of density west of the 405 and north of the 10 in conjunction with the aforementioned rail projects should really put West LA, along with the Downtown/Westlake/Koreatown/Hollywood nexus, at the forefront of future city growth.
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Wow I really love these pics and I'm so glad I moved here. Is it my imagination or is the air less smoggy than say 15 years ago? In my 3 months of living here most days are clear like tbese pics.

its not your imagination. the air in LA has cleared up tremendously over the years. also, its ignorance by the east coast media who think that the marine layer is smog. not saying every day is clear and perfect here, but its not nearly as bad as they make it out to be.
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Thanks for everyone's nice comments!

I think the most important thing I take from these pictures is that it is quite evident there is an actual "center" in LA that lies along the Wilshire corridor. It seems to be generally more dense around Wilshire visually even from up in the air.

So I am just hoping that with time, with a new Wilshire subway extended, with new mixed-use projects infilling all those deadzones, LA will start to define itself much differently than the center-less metropolis it is known for today.

Perhaps one day, a defined "city" will emerge, alive with energy (pedestrian culture gradually but steadily strengthens) and excitement that gives Angelenos a place we can finally be proud of...
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nifty, thanks for sharing.

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Nice.

The only thing is it has such a small downtown compared to it's population. Looks more like a city of a million rather than 13 mill or so.

Chicago and NYC get the skylines and L.A. gets the weather.
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