--- description: Aerial photographer Jeffrey Milstein captures industrial America from above. title: See Aerial Photographs of Refineries and Ports in America image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdda5fcff64453406/69887ee2524fc05db5df6e36/aerial-photography-industrial-america-oil-prices-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [aerial photography](/tag/aerial-photography/) ## aerial photography Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Industrial America From Above: Aerial Photographs of Refineries and Ports by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2016 5:13 PM CUT  Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery, Wilmington, Calif., 2016 Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery, Wilmington, Calif., 2016Jeffrey Milstein—REX Shutterstock by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2016 5:13 PM CUT A New-York based photographer has captured the intricacies of industrial America in a series of aerial images of the country’s largest refineries and ports, as [oil prices continued to plummet](http://fortune.com/2016/02/24/oil-saudi-arabia-production-cuts/ "undefined") on Wednesday. [Jeffrey Milstein](http://www.jeffreymilstein.com/index.html "undefined") snapped the bird’s-eye view photographs of three California refineries, including Phillips 66 in Los Angeles, Exxon Mobil in Torrance, and the Valero in Wilmington. He also zeroed in on shipping containers and new cars parked at a port in Newark, N.J. The photographer has been known to shoot the high-definition images by [hanging out of a helicopter](http://www.wired.com/2015/07/flying-over-la-jeffrey-milstein/ "undefined"). Oil prices are at a 12-year low and are likely to dip even further, [_Money_ reported](http://time.com/money/4185083/oil-prices-forecast-decrease/ "undefined"). Oil fell below $33 per barrel on Wednesday, according to Reuters.  Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery, Wilmington, Calif., 2016 Jeffrey Milstein—REX Shutterstock  Shipping containers at port in Newark, N.J., 2016. Jeffrey Milstein—REX Shutterstock  Exxon Mobil Refinery, Torrance, Calif., 2016 Jeffrey Milstein—REX Shutterstock  New cars at port in Newark, N.J., 2016 Jeffrey Milstein—REX Shutterstock  Shipping containers at port in Newark, N.J., 2016 Jeffrey Milstein—REX Shutterstock  Valero Wilmington Refinery, Wilmington, Calif., 2016. 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