http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/tags/thestrip/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:27:35 -0700 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:27:35 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm1.staticflickr.com/137/buddyicons/39303693@N00.jpg?1339825609#39303693@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/tags/thestrip/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/3377589159/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gsgeorge/">gsgeorge</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/3377589159/" title="the brightest spot on earth"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3627/3377589159_010a6c6c73_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="the brightest spot on earth" /></a></p> <p>Well past midnight flying over the brightest spot on planet Earth, Las Vegas, Nevada.<br /> <br /> The plane was banking hard to the left here, giving me a straight shot down from 22,000 feet.<br /> <br /> Over 1,500,000 people, three airports, eleven separate municipalities, three interstate freeways, 75,000 hotel rooms, and billions of dollars in gambling money are captured in this single exposure.<br /> <br /> Do you recognize something? Add your notes to this image!<br /> <br /> Las Vegas, Nevada</p> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:27:35 -0700 2009-03-18T03:02:42-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (gsgeorge) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3377589159 the brightest spot on earth <p>Well past midnight flying over the brightest spot on planet Earth, Las Vegas, Nevada.<br /> <br /> The plane was banking hard to the left here, giving me a straight shot down from 22,000 feet.<br /> <br /> Over 1,500,000 people, three airports, eleven separate municipalities, three interstate freeways, 75,000 hotel rooms, and billions of dollars in gambling money are captured in this single exposure.<br /> <br /> Do you recognize something? Add your notes to this image!<br /> <br /> Las Vegas, Nevada</p> gsgeorge city urban streets night grid suburban lasvegas awesome nevada aerial citylights midnight infrastructure suburbs thestrip sprawl population citycenter soe axis freeways lasvegasstrip urbanity cityfromtheair cityaerial streetgrid shieldofexcellence nighttimeaerial