Aerial Photography of Southern California
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Los Angeles Region
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For this web site, the "Los Angeles Region" includes the Los Angeles coastal plain and surrounding hills and mountains. The coastal plain, the mainly flat area where most of the region's people live, has been formed by the accumulation of sediment transported from local mountains and hills by streams and landslides. The Puente, Hollywood, and Palos Verdes hills, and Santa Monica, Verdugo and San Gabriel mountains are all products of tectonic uplift. The processes of raising up hills and mountains, and and deposition of sediment on the coastal plain continue today as they have for the past several million years. The relatively recent human developments in the region have modified the coastal plain, hills, and lower reaches of the mountains. This is clearly illustrated by aerial photography. Click on portions of the International Space Station photograph above for a variety of views of the Los Angeles region.
Los Angeles and Surrounding Cities
The Los Angeles metropolitan region has a human population of roughly seven million people, and includes the City of Los Angeles as well as dozens of smaller cities. Click on the thumbnail images to see views of the cities and features in this region. Note that these photographs were not all taken during the same flight. To see the date of a particular photograph, rest your cursor on a thumbnail image and read the date from the file name.
Los Angeles
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Los Angeles Basin and San Gabriel Mountains (Click
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2
Los Angeles Basin, Puente Hills, and San Gabriel
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3
Los Angeles Basin, Puente Hills, and smog (Click
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4
downtown Los Angeles from east, Pacific Ocean, and Santa Monica
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downtown Los Angles and Hollenbeck Park (Click
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Hollenbeck Park and Interstate 5 (Click
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Hollenbeck Park, 101 freeway, and Interstate 5
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downtown Los Angeles and Los Angeles River (Click
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Evergreen Cemetery and USC Medical Center (Click
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Evergreen Cemetery (Click
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USC Medical Center and Chinatown (Click
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USC Medical Center and San Gabriel Mountains
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USC Medical Center (Click
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downtown Los Angeles, and 4th and 6th Street
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Los Angeles River, and 4th and 6th Street bridges
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downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica Mountains
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downtown Los Angeles from the east (Click
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Los Angeles River near downtown Los Angeles (Click
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close view of downtown Los Angeles from the east
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downtown Los Angeles and the Hollywood hills
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downtown Los Angeles and Staples Center (Click
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Los Angeles City Hall (Click
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Staples Center and construction project (Click
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Staples Center and Convention Center (Click
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Staples Center (Click
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Los Angeles Convention Center (Click
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downtown Los Angeles from the south (Click
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downtown Los Angeles and San Gabriel Mountains
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downtown Los Angeles and Staples center (Click
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downtown Los Angeles, Staples Center, and 110
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downtown Los Angeles from the west (Click
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closer view of downtown Los Angeles from the west
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Los Angeles High School and downtown Los Angeles
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downtown Los Angeles from the south (Click
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Commerce, Vernon, and downtown Los Angeles (Click
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view from Watts to Santa Monica Bay (Click
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Commerce and Montebello (Click
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Commerce rail yard and Montebello (Click
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Silver Lake, Echo Park, and Dodger Stadium
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Silver Lake and Echo Park (Click
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Echo Park and Westlake (Click
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Hollywood, La Brea, Mount Olympus, Wilshire Center, and Miracle Mile
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Hollywood and Hollywood sign (Click
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Hollywood and Cahuenga Pass (Click
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Mount Hollywood and Hollywood sign (Click
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Mount Hollywood, Verdugo and San Gabriel mountains
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Hollywood and vicinity (Click
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Hollywood and Griffith Park (Click
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Fairfax High School, West Hollywood (Click
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West Hollywood, Mount Olympus, and San Gabriel
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Mount Olympus and Runyon Canyon Park (Click
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West Hollywood and developed slopes (Click
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Mount Olympus, West Hollywood (Click
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developed slopes of Mount Olympus (Click
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Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood (Click
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Santa Monica Mountains, West Hollywood, and Los Angeles
Basin (Click
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Mount Olympus homes and view into San Fernando
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Mount Olympus ridges and homes (Click
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Mount Olympus homes (Click
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Mount Olympus homes and slope protection (Click
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Mount Olympus antenna and view into San Fernando
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Mount Olympus antenna and tennis courts (Click
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Mount Olympus and Cahuenga Pass (Click
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Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Mount Olympus (Click
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Mulholland Drive, Mount Olympus (Click
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Pan Pacific Park, La Brea (Click
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La Brea and Pan Pacific Park (Click
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Wilshire Center, Hollywood, and Santa Monica
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Wilshire Center and Miracle Mile (Click
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Wilshire Center and Hollywood (Click
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Wilshire Center and Santa Monica Mountains (Click
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Wilshire Center and Griffith Observatory (Click
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Miracle Mile and West Hollywood (Click
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Miracle Mile and Mount Olympus (Click
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San Vicente Boulevard and Miracle Mile (Click
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Wilshire Center, Hollywood hills, and San Gabriel
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Wilshire Center and downtown Los Angeles (Click
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Beverly Hills to Santa Monica
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Century City and Santa Monica Mountains (Click
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Sepulveda Pass and Century City (Click
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3
Santa Monica, Westwood and Century City (Click
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Brentwood Country Club (Click
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Inglewood
1
Inglewood and downtown Los Angeles from the south (Click
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2
Inglewood, downtown Los Angeles in smog, and the
Forum (Click
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3
Inglewood, the Forum, and Hollywood Park Racetrack
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4
405 and 105 freeways junction (Click
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distant view of 405 and 105 freeways junction
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El Segundo to Torrance
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jet (center) over industrial area (Click
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jet takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport
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Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant (Click
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4
Chevron Oil Refinery between Manhattan Beach and El
Segundo (Click
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Chevron Oil Refinery pollution (Click
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Chevron Oil Refinery pollution (Click
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Redondo Beach and Torrance (Click
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Torrance, 405 freeway, and marine layer
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Downey, Bell Gardens, South Gate, and Santa Fe Springs
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Downey, 105 freeway, and Puente Hills (Click
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2
Downey, 105 and 710 freeways, and Los Angeles River
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3
Los Angeles River, 710 and 105 freeways (Click
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Los Angeles River channel and 105 freeway (Click
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Los Amigos Golf Course, Downey (Click
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Rio Hondo channel, Los Amigos Golf Course, Downey
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Downey, Rio Hondo, and Puente Hills (Click
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Bell Gardens, Rio Hondo, and Downey (Click
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Rio Hondo, Puente Hills, and San Gabriel Mountains
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South Gate and Rio Hondo channel (Click
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Santa Fe Springs, Puente Hills, and San Gabriel
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Rio Hondo and Rio Hondo Golf Club, Downey (Click
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13
710 Freeway, Los Angeles River, Bell Gardens, and
Bell (Click
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Los Angeles River, railroad bridge, and 710
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Pico Rivera, Montebello, East Los Angeles, Alhambra, and Monterey Park
1
Pico Rivera, Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, and 605 Freeway; from
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2
Montebello and Commerce (Click
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3
Montebello and Commerce rail yard (Click
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4
Montebello, Puente Hills, and San Gabriel
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5
Montebello and San Gabriel Mountains (Click
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Montebello and Puente Hills (Click
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Montebello and East Los Angeles (Click
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Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, and 60 freeway
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Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles (Click
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East Los Angeles and Monterey Park (Click
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Monterey Park and San Gabriel Mountains (Click
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Monterey Park and Montebello (Click
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Monterey Park, Sybil Brand Institute, and 710
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Monterey Park and 710 freeway (Click
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Monterey Park, Montebello, and 710 freeway (Click
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16
Monterey Park, downtown Los Angeles, and Pacific
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Alhambra, downtown Los Angeles, and Pacific Ocean
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