NASA has an eye on you. Maybe not you personally, but an eye. I get a weekly email with their Image of the Day. Sometimes, they’re very interesting, sometimes not. Last week was Dallas, TX.

I liked their photos, although it highlighted the part of Dallas I didn’t like, indeed hated: sprawl.The two images are from 1984 and 2009. The change in Dallas over those 25 years was amazing, although no surprise to one who has lived through it.

When I moved there in 1975 it was even smaller. The city had undergone tremendous growth prior even to my arrival as a teenager and continued through the 70s and into these photos.  It seemed that no matter what time of day I’d drive I’d run into traffic congestion. No matter how much the construction went on, it never ended. There was always something, particularly roads, under construction. I wondered if it would ever end. It still hasn’t ended, despite the economic woes of the nation.

Anyway, I liked it. I thought I’d share since not everyone gets a weekly email from space.