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This radar image shows the massive urbanization of Los Angeles, California. This image extends from the Santa Monica Bay at the left to the City of Industry at the right. The runways of the Los Angeles International Airport are shown in black at the left center of the image. The San Gabriel Mountains and the city of Pasadena are near the top center of the image. The black areas on the mountains at the right side of the image are the fire scars from the 1993 Altadena fire. Downtown Los Angeles is in the center of the image. The Rose Bowl is shown as a small circle near the upper right and the waterways of Marina del Rey are shown at the left center, just above the airport. The complex freeway system is visible as dark lines throughout the image.
The image was acquired by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) onboard the space shuttle Endeavour on October 3, 1994. SIR-C/X-SAR, a joint mission of the German, Italian and the United States space agencies, is part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth. This image is centered at 34.04 degrees North latitude and 118.2 degrees West longitude with North pointing toward the upper left. The extent of the area shown measures 40 kilometers by 50 kilometers (25 miles by 31 miles).
PHOTO CAPTION P-45861
July 20, 1995
Los Angeles, California
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