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.
Published Apr 6, 2003
The metropolitan area is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.
Published Apr 25, 2016
In this Florida town, you can find streets with reindeer names, a special mailbox for Santa Claus, and a fort that soldiers started building on December 25, 1837.
Published Dec 25, 2017
Tucson lies between the forested Catalina Mountains and the Tucson Mountains (dark reddish brown at the left image margin).The typical western North American cityscape is a pattern of regular north-south aligned rectangles outlined by major streets set one mile apart.
Published Jul 19, 2004
Plumes streaming from this mountain in Guatemala are usually related to volcanic activity. But in March 2018, a wildfire burned on its slopes.
Published Mar 23, 2018
A saddle-shaped mountain distinguishes a region that carries a heavy economic load for Mexico.
Published May 10, 2017
Eight small islands lie off California’s southern coast; on the map they appear situated roughly along a transect line that bypasses Los Angeles and stretches southeastward from Point Conception to San Diego.
Published Jan 27, 2003
This natural-color image from the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite shows the Jesusita Fire burned area on May 13, 2008.
Published May 15, 2009
