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Old Posted Jun 27, 2014, 12:57 AM
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Vancouver has the most gorgeous natural setting. I must go back soon!
     
     
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Chad: You mean... Vancouver... Most beautiful city in North America. Seattle and SF are very close though.
I'll take NYC or Chicago over those cities any day as far as looks go.
     
     
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Old Posted Jun 27, 2014, 4:32 AM
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Were the Cal and Edm Peak Aerials taken at the same time? I'm surprised at the yellow land vs green land difference. Edmonton's wetter, I suppose? (Aspen Parkland vs Prairie?)
Calgary and Edmonton are both about the same level of driness, but Calgary gets the most rain in June vs July for Edmonton which could be the reason for the difference. I'm actually surprised at how "green" Calgary's shots are; usually long-range cityscape shots are very yellow/brown and catch a lot of dust in the air.
     
     
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Old Posted Jun 27, 2014, 4:40 AM
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Calgary is a fair bit drier than Edmonton (326 mm average yearly rainfall vs 366 mm), with the vast majority of it falling in the late spring and early summer, while Edmonton's rain is very spread out in comparison. The Calgary aerials were all taken at different times, the first one in September, the second one in late October, and the last two on the same day in late September. All images on the stock aerial site have dates on the page. Calgary's extra green-ness in the pics is due to an above average rainy summer last year.



Btw, here's an awesome Edmonton shot, from late September 2013.


http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/-/galle...-11e2-8367-fbc1ddf8b129-edmonton-alberta
     
     
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Old Posted Jun 27, 2014, 2:38 PM
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Pretty nice view from the penthouse of the soon-to-be-built Modello tower in Burnaby.

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Old Posted Jun 27, 2014, 5:05 PM
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Were the Cal and Edm Peak Aerials taken at the same time? I'm surprised at the yellow land vs green land difference. Edmonton's wetter, I suppose? (Aspen Parkland vs Prairie?)
Definitely different times of the season. Not much difference in time...maybe 3 or 4 weeks. but the Calgary pics were taken in the fall, as most of the trees are light green/yellow.
Edmonton gets more precip, but the too cities are pretty the same when it comes to grass and trees greening/yellowing.
     
     
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Old Posted Jun 27, 2014, 5:09 PM
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Old Posted Jun 27, 2014, 5:39 PM
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There is still a lot of highrise potential there on Yonge Street, at street level you wouldn't know it, but when you can see from above there are a lot of low-rise redevelopment opportunities along the strip.
     
     
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Yeah, it's ok I guess.
Okay from the air. I can't say that I enjoyed living in Vancouver at all.
     
     
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There is still a lot of highrise potential there on Yonge Street, at street level you wouldn't know it, but when you can see from above there are a lot of low-rise redevelopment opportunities along the strip.
Must be a little older pic, I don't see FIVE there...
     
     
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Must be a little older pic, I don't see FIVE there...
"Taken on May 21, 2013"
     
     
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Calgary and Edmonton are both about the same level of driness, but Calgary gets the most rain in June vs July for Edmonton which could be the reason for the difference. I'm actually surprised at how "green" Calgary's shots are; usually long-range cityscape shots are very yellow/brown and catch a lot of dust in the air.
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Definitely different times of the season. Not much difference in time...maybe 3 or 4 weeks. but the Calgary pics were taken in the fall, as most of the trees are light green/yellow.
Edmonton gets more precip, but the too cities are pretty the same when it comes to grass and trees greening/yellowing.
Thanks for the info!

(In those pics, Edmonton was way greener than I'd have expected, Calgary about what I'd have expected...)
     
     
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Edmonton is on the outskirts of the boreal forest. If you drive 45 minutes east of Edmonton (or 1.5 hours south) the trees stop.
     
     
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The boreal forest begins something like 45 minutes west and 1.5 hours north of Edmonton.
     
     
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