Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Interesting View of Earth: "Welcome to the Athropocene"



Firstly, I love maps.  Relations are fascinating things to study, whether they be relationships between physical places, or more conceptual maps, like between ideas or people.  To be honest, I'm not sure what this animation is supposed to portray.  There is no verbal accompaniment, but the lights of the towns and cities as they stretch over the globe are thought provoking.

I do have one conjecture on what the spidery connections between cities over the water are.  I imagine that they are shipping lanes as well as flight paths.  It's interesting to me to see how interconnected the world is, and how far people have spread over its surface.

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