Fig. 4.7     This aerial photo taken of San Fernando in 1928 shows a landscape largely devoid of vegetation and urban structures (source, CSUN Map Library).

Fig. 4.8     This aerial photo of the San Fernando in 1938 shows a landscape still largely devoid of vegetation but with increasing urban structures.

Fig. 4.9     This aerial photo taken in 1960 over San Fernando shows continued urban sprawl and the first hints of vegetation as suburbanites plant trees and lay down lawns to fulfill their desires for a bucolic landscape in a desert-like environment.

Fig. 4.10     This aerial photograph of San Fernando was taken in 1989 and shows an ever-increasing number of trees and other forms of vegetation as the Valley becomes bucolically chaotic.

NOTE: No photo was obtained for 2004, but one can be certain that urbanization has increased beyond that seen in the 1989 aerial photo.