i was in las vegas last month. it was the first time i flew to or from las vegas during the day while over the west, so i took lots of pictures. the flight that was during the day was from las vegas to houston (where we later connected to philly). using my map skills and geography skills, i have identified some of these pictures. however, there are some i am unsure of. can you guys help me?
i'll start off with the first picture that i was able to identify. it's of the rio grande vally in new mexico.
for this first picture, i think i can identify the caballo reservoir on the left, the san andres mountains in the middle, and white sands national monument in the back. the rio grande valley is visible with all the green.
for the second picture, i have a closer look at the san andres mountains, which formed a pretty straight line, and white sands national monument behind it.
las cruces, new mexico, in these next two pictures. i was able to identify the interstate 10 and interstate 25 intersection at the right, as well as us route 70 as it comes down from the mountains and curls towards downtown. i was also able to identify amador and lohman avenues in downtown, and the new mexico state football stadium (i don't think you can see it in the picture, since it was pretty much straight down).
"EAT PECANS". this sign is huge, considering i could clearly read it from 35,000 feet in the air. i zoomed in a little to get a bigger picture. each letter much be the size of 4 city blocks. since i saw this as we flew over las cruces, it must be just outside of town, somewhat near the interstate 10 & 25 split.
this picture was taken right after flying over las cruces, and before the sierra tinaja pinta/ does anyone know what town this might be?
this was confusing to me at first, but by identifying pictures of las cruces, nm, and monahans, tx, i was able to trace a route the plane took, and saw that it passed over these strange mountains.
my skills tell me that this is dell city, texas. i can see the salt basin on the right, which is labelld in my road atlas. i couldn't really idenitify countyr routes 1437 or 1576.
i believe this is red bluff lake, on the border of loving and reeves counties. new mexico is in the distance, just past the northern edge of the lake.
this picture is of monahan, texas. interstate 20 curls around the city, and a county route cuts through the city, then parallels interstate 20 for a little while. i can see state route 18 heading northwest. lastly, the white area northeast of the city must be monahans sandhills state park.
now we get into the harder pictures. some of these pictures i have a guess as to what they are. others i am completely clueless.
san angelo, texas.
the killeen/temple area in central texas.
a picture with the twin buttes reservoirs (possibly) in the middle of the picture. that might be san angelo on the right.
i finally figured this city out. this is hearne, texas, on the right, with the brazos river on the left.
this was the hardest picture to identify, but i think i finally got it. this picture is just noertheast of anderson, texas. state route 90 is seen going right through the middle of the picture. roans prairie is to the left of center in the picture, where route 90 seems to disappear into the countryside. state route 30 is then seen farther away, behind route 90. the town of anderson is just out of sight of the bottom of this picture.
a forest fire, which was visible for 3 to 5 minutes before we flew over it. this fire is just south of montgomery, texas, and just west of conroe, texas. lake conroe is visible at the top of the picture, with state route 105 straddling the southern end of the lake.
i believe this picture is of the woodlands, texas. about 20 seconds after i took this picture, i was able to identify a skyscraper located at an office park near what i presume is an interstate. right now, i can't remember if the skyscraper was in the developed area in between the lake and the interstate (near the upper middle), or down in the developed area at the bottom right of the picture.
at around the time of this picture, we had made a u turn and had goe from flying in a general eastern direction to a western direction. i think this is lake houston. is this correct?
and to finish all this off, here are few pictures of the houston skyline as we came in for the landing. i was sitting on the left of the plane, and we were landing at bush intercontinental, so i was looking south towards the city.
thanks to everyone that helps me figure out where these pictures are of.
i'll start off with the first picture that i was able to identify. it's of the rio grande vally in new mexico.
for this first picture, i think i can identify the caballo reservoir on the left, the san andres mountains in the middle, and white sands national monument in the back. the rio grande valley is visible with all the green.
for the second picture, i have a closer look at the san andres mountains, which formed a pretty straight line, and white sands national monument behind it.
las cruces, new mexico, in these next two pictures. i was able to identify the interstate 10 and interstate 25 intersection at the right, as well as us route 70 as it comes down from the mountains and curls towards downtown. i was also able to identify amador and lohman avenues in downtown, and the new mexico state football stadium (i don't think you can see it in the picture, since it was pretty much straight down).
"EAT PECANS". this sign is huge, considering i could clearly read it from 35,000 feet in the air. i zoomed in a little to get a bigger picture. each letter much be the size of 4 city blocks. since i saw this as we flew over las cruces, it must be just outside of town, somewhat near the interstate 10 & 25 split.
this picture was taken right after flying over las cruces, and before the sierra tinaja pinta/ does anyone know what town this might be?
this was confusing to me at first, but by identifying pictures of las cruces, nm, and monahans, tx, i was able to trace a route the plane took, and saw that it passed over these strange mountains.
my skills tell me that this is dell city, texas. i can see the salt basin on the right, which is labelld in my road atlas. i couldn't really idenitify countyr routes 1437 or 1576.
i believe this is red bluff lake, on the border of loving and reeves counties. new mexico is in the distance, just past the northern edge of the lake.
this picture is of monahan, texas. interstate 20 curls around the city, and a county route cuts through the city, then parallels interstate 20 for a little while. i can see state route 18 heading northwest. lastly, the white area northeast of the city must be monahans sandhills state park.
now we get into the harder pictures. some of these pictures i have a guess as to what they are. others i am completely clueless.
san angelo, texas.
the killeen/temple area in central texas.
a picture with the twin buttes reservoirs (possibly) in the middle of the picture. that might be san angelo on the right.
i finally figured this city out. this is hearne, texas, on the right, with the brazos river on the left.
this was the hardest picture to identify, but i think i finally got it. this picture is just noertheast of anderson, texas. state route 90 is seen going right through the middle of the picture. roans prairie is to the left of center in the picture, where route 90 seems to disappear into the countryside. state route 30 is then seen farther away, behind route 90. the town of anderson is just out of sight of the bottom of this picture.
a forest fire, which was visible for 3 to 5 minutes before we flew over it. this fire is just south of montgomery, texas, and just west of conroe, texas. lake conroe is visible at the top of the picture, with state route 105 straddling the southern end of the lake.
i believe this picture is of the woodlands, texas. about 20 seconds after i took this picture, i was able to identify a skyscraper located at an office park near what i presume is an interstate. right now, i can't remember if the skyscraper was in the developed area in between the lake and the interstate (near the upper middle), or down in the developed area at the bottom right of the picture.
at around the time of this picture, we had made a u turn and had goe from flying in a general eastern direction to a western direction. i think this is lake houston. is this correct?
and to finish all this off, here are few pictures of the houston skyline as we came in for the landing. i was sitting on the left of the plane, and we were landing at bush intercontinental, so i was looking south towards the city.
thanks to everyone that helps me figure out where these pictures are of.