Las Vegas Expansion


Filed Under: Landsat • Las Vegas • Las Vegas Rapid Expansion • NASA • Video

Las Vegas is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. Thanks to some imagery from NASA’s Landsat satellite, you can see visually the city’s tremendous growth between 1972 and 2010.

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