Up in the Air

Aerial photographs tell us more about ourselves . . . alas.

These amazing images, from chopper and fixed-wing photographer Heliphoto.net, condense and intensify everything we love, rejoice in, suspect, and fear about Los Angeles.

Empire of the Senseless: Inland Empire sprawl.

Black Friday: Ontario Mills Mall on the day after Thanksgiving.

Condon Canyon: Wilshire Boulevard, Westwood.