Randomness

via @awoodruff

The Plus Four Wristlet Route Indicator, a British product from the 1920s, is a scroll-map navigator in the shape of a watch. It came with tiny interchangeable instructions that you scrolled manually to see which roads to take when driving.

A world map drawn with a single continuous line.

Din’s toughest mission yet 💚

Din: *Sigh*

So, I had a bunch of ideas for goofy Crisis comics. This was one of ‘em. I’m still working on another that I think is turning out a little better, but this one has the benefit of being finished, so. XD (It’s like a finished deleted scene on a DVD, let’s put it that way.)

What the parody actually was: A cinematic masterpiece.

The Midwest Fires of October 8, 1871.

United States of Pixelated.

This animation was created by NASA using FAA air traffic control data from September 11, 2001. It shows the rapid grounding of air traffic across the US, and redirection of incoming international traffic, in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  Time is at lower left, number of planes in the air lower right.  At 9:06 am, FAA issued a ground stop to all traffic not yet departed that would encounter NY airspace [“tier one”- NY, DC, Boston, Cleveland] .  A series of rapid decisions followed, including redirecting inbound traffic away from NY and warning airplanes in the air of potential cockpit intrusion. At 9:45 am, FAA Command Center decided to close all US airspace for the first time in history.   Within a few hours, all commercial air traffic was grounded.  This animation is displayed in the National Air and Space Museum’s “America by Air” exhibition.

A map of shipwreck locations in the Great Lakes.

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i have that painting ai app on my phone so i went ahead and took the liberty…

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Song by Snail House.

Exaggerated relief map of Ireland.