Vegas

Ashley Cofrin. Winter, 2021.

Las Vegas, worlds brightest city, resides in a Mojave Desert valley. The city is unique in its stark bounaries, level of light produced and its inhabitable suroundings. Directly adjacent to the city are dark, desolate mountians spanning up to 3,633 meters, while the city sits at 610 meters. The following map is meant to portray the odd, high contrast expeience of taking one step out of a highly manufactured city, and instanly being immersed in wilderness.

The above image was made with QGIS software, DEM data from the city of Las Vegas, street data from the city of Las Vegas, hillshade techniques, and cartographic techniques in Adobe Illustrator.