From Sea to Shining Sea

So I was watching Adult Swim last night (Futurama x2 followed by The Family Guy) and they were running a cool visualization by Aaron Koblin of the air traffic over the US.

There is more at Koblin's site.

Now, I need to go and watch tonight’s episodes!

More like this

It should be criminal to broadcast this over YouTube. Link to the QuickTime source!

Koblin himself appears to have put it on YouTube. And I did link back to the original site with the Quicktime versions. So what's your point?

By John Lynch (not verified) on 12 Jun 2007 #permalink

My point is that the video loses a huge amount if viewed in the low resolution YouTube version.

That's truly cool.

The artist's website was giving me a headache after a long day at work - did anyone find anything for other countries or continents? A global version would be even better.

That was absolutely amazing, just to think the scale of human achievement that both the video and, more so what it depicts, actually represent!

It represents an awful lot of C02 emissions.

By JohnnieCanuck, FCD (not verified) on 12 Jun 2007 #permalink

Hey, Matt J: yeah, you have a point. But you don't consider that those of us who do not have fast connections would never even have come across this without a first reasonably quick viewing here and/or at YouTube that BOTH have links to the original which allows us slowpokes to set aside an entire night to download the quicktime version. These are helpful PREVIEWS. Do you have any conception of how useful that is to us? Or do you just like acting the snob?

Criminal? Relax, man! Try to understand what we boonies have to put up with. We aren't all yet as well connected as you are. JFHC

By Arnosium Upinarum (not verified) on 13 Jun 2007 #permalink

Monsieur Canuck et Quebecois, Yabut, how much?

A good rule of thumb is one pound CO2 per passenger/mile on domestic flights. Et, two pounds CO2 per passenger mile on international flights. THERE IS NO WAY TO REFRAME THIS FACT.

Jet setters/yuppies; please take note. WE FLY. YOU DIE.

By gerald spezio (not verified) on 13 Jun 2007 #permalink

It should be criminal to broadcast this over YouTube. Link to the QuickTime source!

And yet I don't see a single link in your comment.

Interesting.