Nikon Coolpix pocket cameras are awesome. If you know what you're doing, you can almost go toe-to-toe with Digital SLR's.
Not sure if the pic will be compressed upon upload -- but I shot this with a Nikon Coolpix L4 (IIRC, it's a 4 megapix camera) - placed camera on a bridge (no tripod), and set the program to night shot without flash:
Golden Gate Bridge - same camera:
-Z-man.