Downtown, from Brookley

Downtown, from Brookley, originally uploaded by bamaphan79.

Sunday, June 24, 2007. After spending the majority of the day in the friendly confines of my air-conditioned apartment, we decided to take off as the sunlight slowly faded and see what we might find south of Interstate 10. While driving around what appeared to be "restricted access," we came across this view of downtown from Brookley Field, the downtown airport used mainly by shipping companies and Air Force One (W's famous "Brownie, yer doin' a heckuva job" quote occured at Brookley after Katrina). It was also where a large portion of Close Encounters of the Third Kind was filmed. I like this shot because it makes downtown look like a police state, although it most definitely isn't that.