Air Traffic
Friday, March 14, 2014 at 5:51PM
[chuck] in Science, air traffic

About 30,000 flights pass through European air space on a typical summer day. This visualization shows them all in just under two minutes. Provides a useful, albeit somewhat overwhelming, perspective for those who do a lot of international air travel. Helps explain the chaos that frequently goes with this mode of transportation. Definitely view full screen. [NOTE: Flight data is from June 21 of last year].

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