Down to Earth
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Sprawl, usually associated with urban areas, now consumes land further away from major cities. The former gold mining town of Congress, Arizona, is located in the desert about sixty miles north of Phoenix. Alex MacLean chose an aerial view to show how a square-shaped town that covers a one-quarter-mile area, surrounded by wide open desert, depends on a network of roads and cars to reach shopping and job sites.
Sprawl, usually associated with urban areas, now consumes land further away from major cities. The former gold mining town of Congress, Arizona, is located in the desert about sixty miles north of Phoenix. Alex MacLean chose an aerial view to show how a square-shaped town that covers a one-quarter-mile area, surrounded by wide open desert, depends on a network of roads and cars to reach shopping and job sites.