ISS033-E-14186 Click the photo number to access all resolutions available and the database record.
Highways and large arterial streets appear as bright yellow-orange lines extending outwards into the surrounding suburbs (light violet and reddish brown regions of diffuse lighting). Dark areas beyond the suburban zone are rural or, to the southeast, indicate the waters of Chesapeake Bay. Small, dark patches are open spaces, including parks, cemeteries, and the Baltimore Zoo (within Druid Hill Park). Two large, brightly-lit areas along Chesapeake Bay are commercial/industrial regions and include the major port facilities for Baltimore.
The City of Baltimore was incorporated in 1796, after serving as the de facto capital of the nascent United States of America during the Second Continental Congress (December 20, 1776, to March 4, 1777). Today, the Baltimore metropolitan area (as defined by the Baltimore Metropolitan Council) includes more than 2.5 million people and parts of five Maryland counties—Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard. The region is also a focus of urban ecological research through the Baltimore Ecosystem Study that is part of the National Science Foundation’s Long Term Ecological Research network.
