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Watch Las Vegas grow over 40 years



Las Vegas wasn't always as sprawling as it is today. Modern Las Vegas extends far beyond the Strip. It wasn't all that long ago, however, that Sin City was just a tiny speck on the map. As more Americans - and international travelers, for that matter - discovered Las Vegas and began turning it into a premiere vacation destination, development projects boomed and investments in this urban oasis exploded. Thanks to this time-lapse of NASA satellite images, we can try to wrap our minds around just how far Las Vegas has come since 1972, and how it has grown exponentially over the decades.

What do the next 40 years have in store for Las Vegas? Hopefully an end to that "Whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" slogan.

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