Happy birthday, Los Angeles: City of Angels from the height of bird flight

September 4 — the day of Foundation of the city of Los Angeles. This legendary city, the capital of the stars, appeared on the spot, where long dwelt the Indians, and in 1781 the Spaniards founded here a settlement called "the Village of the virgin Mary, Queen of Angels."

Today, for many, Los Angeles is a symbol of a cloudless life for someone is a huge metropolis is not quite fit for normal life. The birthday of the city of Angels, we offer you to see spectacular photographs of the city taken from the height of bird flight.

Aerial view on downtown Los Angeles. The photo was taken with the camera with lens "fish eye" with the blimp "Goodyear"

A detailed view of the skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles.

Aerial view of the swimming pool in the centre of the city of angels.

Stadium Staples Center before the start of the fifth match of the basketball championship "Western Conference Finals" between the "Lakers" and "Phoenix Suns".

Skyscraper Bank "US Bank Tower" towers over the other buildings.

Interesting geometric pattern of Parking on the street Francisco Street.

Traffic on highway 10 and 110 during rush hour.

The all-seeing eye of advertising is closely monitoring the area with the Mall "Macy's Plaza".

Plexus highway 10 and 110 in the rush hour.

The setting sun colored the sports complex "Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum" in Golden color.

The tilt-shift lens allows you to see the southern part of Los Angeles in the new term.

The sun just peeping from behind the clouds, illuminating the areas on the South-East of the city.

High shadows are on the buildings in downtown Los Angeles.

Using a shift lens the sports center "Staples Center", entertainment center "L. A. Live" and the hotel "Ritz-Carlton Hotel" look different.

The sun sets over downtown Los Angeles.

The sports center "Staples Center" is highlighted during a match in basketball between the teams of "Lakers" and "Phoenix Suns".