The Stratosphere

This is the Stratosphere tower.  It's one of the largest structures in the world.  I think the top of the needle is like 1,400 ft.  Up at the big part at the top there's an observation deck, and a rotating restaurant.  This is definitely the best place to get really good pictures (or just a view) of the whole strip, as you can see below.

This is the Big Shot, one of the two rides at the top of the Stratosphere (the other is a little roller coaster that circles around.  This is the kind of thing that starts at the bottom, then shoots you straight up so you've got like an anti-gravity thing for a second, and you get a little bit of freefall on the way back down.

Just a picture of the strip at sunset.  It ends more or less at the green hotel in the upper left, which is the MGM Grand.

This is actually a picture of Freemont Street, the original part of Las Vegas.    

Back to the strip, where you can see a pretty dramatic difference in the brightness of the hotels.

A more zoomed in picture of the strip.

And a zoomed in picture of Freemont Street.

Freemont Street