A San Gabriel Wolf

This view of the San Gabriel Valley, part of the Los Angeles sprawl, is a favorite of mine. 

The flight path to Los Angeles Airport travels across it from east to west (left to right in the photo). When the airspace over the entire United States was shut down on September 11th 2001 this sky went quiet.

I remember the feelings of relief and return to normalcy when the unending tracery of aircraft lights came back to the night sky.

Perhaps the American holiday of Memorial Day is a good time to let that thought percolate...

Thanks for looking.