Lake Placid. Satellite image of the area next to the northern half of Lake Placid (black,at lower left edge),New York State,USA. North is at top. This area,about 12 kilometres across,is part of a much larger area of forests,mountains and lakes,called the Adirondacks. As well as Lake Placid,the area seen here includes Route 86,a road running alongside the river that runs from lower centre to upper right. The white scars in the landscape at upper right are ski slopes. Lake Placid has been the site of two Winter Olympics,in 1932 and 1980. Image taken by the Ikonos satellite on 15 October 2002 |