This is the story of our trip to Las Vegas during the Christmas break 2005. We flew direct to Vegas on Friday morning (23rd December) for a week-long vacation at the MGM Grand, which is right on 'the strip' in Vegas. The flight there took about 5½ hours, but since we crossed a time line in the process, we gained a few hours - the local time of arrival was only 2½ hours after we left .

The flight afforded us amazing views of the canyons and desert as we approached Las Vegas..

..as well as magnificent views of Lake Mead (the lake that sits behind the massive Hoover Dam).

The next two shots almost look like satellite images:

The different layers of color near the waters edge on this shot are a result of the rise and fall of the lake water levels apparently.

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