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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

One Day of Global Air Traffic: An Animation

"World Air Traffic Over 24 Hours"
metacafe (January 4, 2009)

"Did you ever think that there were this many airplanes in the sky at one time?

"This video shows a 24 hour period."


World Air Traffic Over 24 Hours - The best video clips are right here
metacafe
video (1:11)

There's something almost organic about the flow of air traffic around the world. The main route between Europe and North America in particular reminds me of the flow of cellular material in creatures like the amoeba.

1 comment:

  1. I found it interesting how the world's airplanes seemed to flow into Europe in the first part and then flow out as the day went on.

    Really cool.

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