Trying to find your way around this place? Like most expositions, we offer a map: 
This is really just to direct folks to a marvelous post over at bldgblog.blogspot.com. You know, speaking as a teacher who is always on the hunt for striking imagery, this one is really quite beautiful (and thanks to McSweeney's by the way, for the direction)
Anyway, take a look at this:
This image (from At this Rate, by Giles Revell and Matt Wiley), represents land development as seen from above - a photoshop reworking of a satelite's view of the plight of urban sprawl if you like. And of course, if it's not immediately evident (visit the bldgblog link above, and it will be), it looks remarkably like the vasculature of a leaf.
Oh the irony of the linkage between urban sprawl and leaves and forestry, etc, etc, etc.
Anyway, a keeper in one's armada of images to drive home a point.
Comments
According to the Kosmograd blog (which appears to be the original blog post on the series) the images are photographs of leaves--intended to convey the extent of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest--not transformed satellite views.
These are satellite views of urbanization and deforestation.
Posted by: R Simmon | February 7, 2007 4:54 PM