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Bird flight patterns captured through long-exposure photography

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by Nathan Yau / February 22, 2021 / birds, Data Art, flight, Xavi Bou

ARVE Error: src mismatchurl: https://vimeo.com/370007362src in: ?dnt=1src gen: https://player.vimeo.com/video/370007362?dnt=1Actual comparisonurl: https://vimeo.com/370007362src in: src gen: https://player.vimeo.com/video/370007362 For several years, Xavi Bou has been using long-exposure photography to capture stills of bird flight patterns. The project, Ornitographies, produced gloriously abstract images. There’s also a video (above) piece under the same premise. Jessica McKenzie, reporting for Audubon: More recently, Bou has expanded the project to video, including one called Murmurations that shows a...

Maps of grounded flights after Covid-19

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by Nathan Yau / April 2, 2020 / coronavirus, flight, Maps, Washington Post

As you would expect, not many people are flying these days. The Washington Post mapped the halts around the world: On Tuesday, the TSA screened just over 146,000 passengers at U.S. airports, a 94 percent plunge from 2.4 million on the same day last year. By the end of March, the TSA screened just over 35 million passengers at U.S. airports during the month, a 50 percent decrease from more...

Boeing draws a plane in the sky with flight path

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by Nathan Yau / August 4, 2017 / Boeing, flight, Maps

In a test flight, Boeing took the thing where you draw using your GPS path to a whole different level. They drew the outline of a plane that spanned the latitude of the conterminous United States. Tags: Boeing, flight