Las Vegas by night from space... (PIC)
 

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...006255_lrg.jpg

fascinating, isn't it? a bright spot in the totally black desert. and quite easy to find the las vegas blvd, just look for the brightest spot

pic taken from the ISS

Cool picture

The view from on top of the Stratosphere at night is amazing.

Morph

That is really cool. I was in Vegas about a month ago and was wondering why the light at the top of the Luxor was not on. I figured they didn't want to pay the electric bill anymore?? As far as I know isn't that the brightest light (or one of the brightest lights) on earth?

amazing image

wow nice :)

pretty crazy flying by it too. few weeks ago I was going to LA and had to fly a bit out of direction because of turbulence and could clearly see Vegas at night glowing in the desert

Wow, looks cool! Like a plate of silicium or so...

Really kool photo.

I was there 2 weeks ago and the Luxor light was on...

Hmm. Vegas is my home away from home and I had never seen it off, yet it was off the entire weekend that I was there. I guess my earlier assumption is incorrect then.

Hey...I can see my house!

really cool, any other cities like this view?

nice shot :thumbsup

Awesome photo.

Here is a whole page of them: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Fea...CitiesAtNight/

wow these are all awesome, hope they get more

awesome photo :thumbsup

Great pic but now i understand why american cars are so notoriously bad at bends .. There arn't any to go around!

wow that is really beautiful

I see the strip! :)

how much money is in that space all lit up i wonder?

"The tip of the pyramid contains a fixed-position spotlight that points directly upward and is claimed to be the brightest beam in the world at over 42 billion candle power.[7] It is visible from anywhere in the Las Vegas valley at night, and can be seen at flight level from above Los Angeles, California, over 275 miles (443 km) away."

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...LuxorLight.jpg

:thumbsup

Great picture indeed. That should be a nice electricity bill every month :1orglaugh

Awesome view indeed.

sic photo

Looks like an electronic waffle...

Here is one I took from space


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/17...b5ba440310.jpg

vegas is overrated. :2 cents:

I like Las Vegas by night from space...

Kind of neat really:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Las_Vegas

The luxor light is not as bright as it once was and it seems they turn it off sometimes through certain nights. like it will be on at 9pm but not at 1pm... but then again sometimes all night. I have limited experience, but thats what ive noticed recently.

I love Vegas!

Cool looking pic

"Hey I gotta great Idea. Let's waste staggering amounts of resources to live smack dab in the middle of uninhabitable desert wasteland so gambling degenerates can throw away money"

-America

awesomeeeeee

Looks damn nice.. Can't wait to go to Vegas someday... Hell.. even to the US in general

I should have thought to check Wikipedia before posting that lol.

Very cool indeed. Crazy that it costs them $51 per hour to run that thing. That is roughly 450k/year for a single beam of light that serves no purpose other than looks!

wrong.

check your math. It doesn't run 24 hours a day.