Chicago! From! Spaaaaaaace!

By Margaret Lyons in Miscellaneous on Apr 29, 2008 8:48PM

We would have guessed that was simply taken from a plane, but this is actually a shot from space. These nighttime photos are meant to be "dramatic illustrations for the continuing story of humanity’s footprints on the Earth." Mission accomplished.

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