Aerial Photos - Page 36

Dylan Leblanc · #**701** Posted **Jan 27, 2014, 6:24 PM**

Victoria Canada in 1947

animatedmartian · #**702** Posted **Feb 11, 2014, 8:44 PM**

Madrid, Spain. Quite the beautiful video.

Video Link

Martin Mtl · #**703** Posted **Feb 14, 2014, 2:31 AM**

Montreal, feb 12.

Montréal vu du Ciel #2 by olivier vancayzeele on Flickr

Montréal vu du Ciel #3 by olivier vancayzeele on Flickr

Tom Servo · #**704** Posted **Feb 14, 2014, 12:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

Aerial photos of cities are great, I love 'em!!

Here are are few I've come across that I would like to share with you. Enjoy.

Hong Kong
dm4379 on flickr, larger available - http://www.flickr.com/photos/1335477...7602024742421/

Philadelphia
From this NY website - http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SPEC/GAL-BW.htm

Houston
AJ Franklin, Panoramio - http://www.panoramio.com/photo/744692

Cool eh?

Wow! What a cool thread! Man, I don't how it took me over four years to find this!

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Originally Posted by M II A II R II K

Monterrey

Wow. Amazing. And quite beautiful!

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Originally Posted by MidwestGreg

Here is one I took of Chicago while flying out of O'Hare on January 20th, 2009 (the day Barack Obama was sworn in, which I think adds some cool significance to this photo).

Very nice shot!

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Originally Posted by muppet

Jae, http://superjchung.wordpress.com/

Nice!

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Originally Posted by Cirrus

Dubai, showing the actual city:

phil munro from flickr

Mind: blown. I had no idea!

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Originally Posted by Cirrus

And the pièce de résistance, Tokyo:

hendrick schicke

Just fucking unreal.

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Originally Posted by tech12

by atomic taco on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/atomict...n/photostream/

Wow! Fucking awesome! There's got to be over 1,000 San Fran pics in this thread, but this is hands down the most amazing. That's like, 800,000 people in a single photo.

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Originally Posted by Austinlee

Ughh! Personal pet peeve:
London is an insanely awesome and powerful city; Why did they have to go and put an amusement ride right in the middle of it! I know it's been a big success but ferris wheels in big cities IMO make great, impressive cities look like a stupid carnival. And this is coming from me, in the city where the ferris wheel was invented. STOP the proliferation of ferris wheels!!_b.jpg

Wait, you're from Chicago??? I thought you're from Pittsburgh...

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Oh, and Manhatten is just sick. Absolutely sick.

Tom Servo · #**705** Posted **Feb 14, 2014, 12:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Montreal, feb 12.

Montréal vu du Ciel #3 by olivier vancayzeele on Flickr

Wow, that's cool!

Here are a couple I have on my Facebook:

Tom Servo · #**706** Posted **Feb 14, 2014, 12:36 PM**

From Huffpost.com

AviationGuy · #**707** Posted **Feb 15, 2014, 2:49 AM**

With that Houston photo being taken in 2005, the left side of downtown looks noticeably different now with new highrises and Discovery Green.

animatedmartian · #**708** Posted **Feb 15, 2014, 1:10 PM**

Gold Coast, Australia

northern skies by mugley, on Flickr

Tom Servo · #**709** Posted **Feb 16, 2014, 9:53 AM**

I really like that pic! ^^^

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Originally Posted by AviationGuy

With that Houston photo being taken in 2005, the left side of downtown looks noticeably different now with new highrises and Discovery Green.

What photo of Houston?

chris08876 · #**710** Posted **Feb 16, 2014, 2:52 PM**

Chicago's grid is one of a kind. It pulls it off so well.

TXLove · #**711** Posted **Feb 16, 2014, 3:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by AviationGuy

With that Houston photo being taken in 2005, the left side of downtown looks noticeably different now with new highrises and Discovery Green.

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/o...l/744692.jpg?1

This photo is way before 2005. Minute Maid Park is not in the photo and that opened in 2000

Tom Servo · #**712** Posted **Feb 16, 2014, 5:55 PM**

AviationGuy · #**713** Posted **Feb 17, 2014, 3:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by TXLove

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/o...l/744692.jpg?1

This photo is way before 2005. Minute Maid Park is not in the photo and that opened in 2000

It does look older than the time stamp Tom mentioned. Could the time stamp be incorrect?

TXLove, if you (or someone) are familiar with particular highrises, that might be a way to determine the age of the photo.

Or maybe there's one somewhere from that angle that is clearly recent. It's a great angle because it shows both older and newer parts of downtown.

Tom Servo · #**714** Posted **Feb 17, 2014, 3:56 AM**

Who cares whether the time stand is correct or not? It's a cool pic regardless. It really doesn't matter. I didn't even notice I quoted a photo of Houston until it was mentioned...

Tom Servo · #**715** Posted **Feb 17, 2014, 4:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by chris08876

Chicago's grid is one of a kind. It pulls it off so well.

It really is rather amazing, yeah? Flying in at nigh, I'm always filled with an immense feeling of comfort when I finally see that explosively bright grid. The intense, unforgiving brightness is an unmistakable reminder that I'm home. And you're right; it really is one of a kind. The only other cities, in my experience, and I have flown into every major city in the US at night, that even come close to comparing are NYC and San Fran. But NYC is less impactful because it's surrounded by SO much that is equally as bright. There is a massive gradient of light that begins far outside the city; there just is not the same stark contrast between light and dark. Flying into NYC is impressive in a different way... primarily because it is just so fucking massive. San Fran has a similar light gradient situation. Though I will say that, IMO, it is the closest thing to Chicago's intensely illuminated grid.

Anyway, seeing cities from above is just really fascinating. Such a great thread!

AviationGuy · #**716** Posted **Feb 17, 2014, 4:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tom Servo

Who cares whether the time stand is correct or not? It's a cool pic regardless. It really doesn't matter. I didn't even notice I quoted a photo of Houston until it was mentioned...

Tom, it's OK if you don't care. And yes, it's a cool photo regardless.

Tom Servo · #**717** Posted **Feb 17, 2014, 4:31 AM**

^^^ it's probably the biggest and most dense looking pic of Houston I've seen yet. Reminds me more of the Dallas skyline from that angle.

softee · #**718** Posted **Mar 1, 2014, 2:15 AM**

T-Dot

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stokez/

Trantor · #**719** Posted **Mar 1, 2014, 2:23 AM**

Porto Alegre

Novo Hamburgo

Trantor · #**720** Posted **Mar 1, 2014, 2:28 AM**

São Paulo