Don’t they have john wayne airport?
How many days a week are the distant mountains visible?
Beautiful
Beautiful view......
Beautiful view...
I hiked above the LA basin from east to west, on the Pacific Crest Trail, crossing from Cajon Pass, and Interstate 15, to Agua Dulce, and the Antelope Freeway, then, finally turning north for the Sierras. The trail crosses Highway 2, eight times above LA, before leaving said ribbon of civilization for good.
One memorable day, I spied above me and far down the trail in the distance, the LA skyline, jutting up and through a mix of the coastal marine layer and/or LA’s notorious smog bank. At the time, I thought it was some kind of unique geologic rock formation, and I hoped that the trail would pass by in close proximity to it.
A day or perhaps two of hiking elapsed, when all of a sudden off to my left, and now at a much lower elevation, was downtown LA’s skyscrapers, punching through the solid cloud layer, revealing themselves for what they were all along. I was flabbergasted to learn that what I thought (incorrectly) was a highly unique rock formation, but was in fact, downtown LA’s core of high rises.
Thankfully, I had the presence of mind to take a picture of this stunning and quite unique view. When reviewing the image, at first glance, the scene appeared unremarkable. Only with sizable magnification, do the buildings reveal themselves, from out of the cloud layer, to the viewer. A fond memory- right there. ;O)
Looks like Mission Viejo, perhaps looking from Laguna nigel? They were empty and open fields in the early 80’s.
Is that snow on those mountains?