Synopsis
In May 1973, less than a year after the first of NASA's Landsat satellites was launched, Las Vegas, Nevada had a population of only 358,000. By 2006 the population had ballooned to over 2 million. Still one of America's fastest growing urban areas, this series of Landsat scenes from four different years shows just how dramamtic the growth of Las Vegas has been. Note: This edited movie combines four different years of Landsat imagery to show how the city of Las Vegas grew between the years 1972…
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