This radar image provides a high-tech view of Silicon Valley and
shows the utility of radar data for mapping land use patterns.
This image shows the San Jose metropolitan area in the Santa
Clara Valley in central California. The Valley lies between the
Santa Cruz Mountains to the southwest (left side of image) and
the Diablo Range to the northeast (right side of image). The San
Andreas fault is the linear feature along the left side of the
image. Dark patches in the Diablo Range are sparsely vegetated
slopes. Blue features at the top of the image are salt
evaporators at the southern end of San Francisco Bay (black
area). The dark linear feature in the image center is San Jose
airport. The runways of Moffett Field Naval Air Station/NASA
Ames Research Center are visible along the edge of the bay. The
Stanford University Linear Accelerator is the bright white
linear feature in the upper left of the image. The area shown is
49 by 64 kilometers (30 by 40 miles) centered at 37.31 degrees
north latitude, 121.8 degre