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Simulated image of the Los Angeles Basin
Source: NASA/JPL/METI, ASTER Team 14
Published: December 18, 2014

Los Angeles Basin bordered on the north by the San Gabriel Mountians. ASTER's simulated natural color image, collected Aug 15, 2006, is draped over the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model.

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