Friday, July 31, 2009

Air traffic visualized


There is a very nice you tube video showing all planes flying during a 24 hour period. I have extracted a frame every 5 seconds to make an animated gif which you can view on this page - I find that my animated gif, which goes about 60 times faster than the youtube video, allows you to perceive some things that are hard to perceive in the video.

3 comments:

Milan said...

What proportion of that traffic will be able to continue in a carbon-constrained (eventually carbon-neutral) world?

It's hard to imagine biofuels, electric planes, or any other sustainable option supporting this much traffic.

osiris87 said...

Your website has been linked to at the bottom of this article, a pity that it's preceded by a load of leftwing claptrap.

http://www.labourlist.org/labours_winds_change_time_nationalise_vestas_isle_white,2009-07-28

Graham said...

I love the way NEurope and USA appear to be engaged in a huge gobbing contest.

Funny to think that they will be much more well behaved in 50 years or so.