Weird and wonderful shapes of the World's most distinctive cities as seen from space

Satellite images show amazing intricacy of the world's most eye catching 'planned' towns and cities 

Imaginative layouts make some urban areas as distinctive from the sky as they are at ground level 

Designs show the skills of city planners over hundreds of years - from the Renaissance to the 1960s

 

At first glance some of these extraordinary satellite images could be mistaken for bizarre works of modern art rather than towns and cities that are home to millions of people.

From the elegant bird-shaped design of Brazil's capital Brasilia, to the circles and intricate diagonal grid pattern of downtown Washington DC - some of the greatest urban spaces on Earth look almost as distinctive from space as they do at ground level.

And the ingenuity of the architects who planned and designed them through the ages, from the Renaissance to the 1960s, can still be seen today.

 

 

 

 

Source:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2241040/From-bird-star-perfect-square--weird-wonderful-shapes-Worlds-distinctive-cities-seen-space.html