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Scale of the Tonga eruption

Maps / Reuters, satellite imagery, scale, Tonga, volcano

Manas Sharma and Simon Scarr used satellite imagery to show the scale of…
Scale of the bigger, more detailed universe

Infographics / BBC, scale, space

We’ve learned more about the universe since Charles and Ray Eames produced Powers…
Powers of Ten

Infographics / Eames, scale, video

The Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames from 1977 shows the…
Scale of black holes

Infographics / black hole, Kurzgesagt, scale, space

I’m not sure there’s any way to really understand the scale of the…
Scale of ocean depths

Infographics / 3-d, depth, MetaBallStudios, ocean, scale

We know the oceans are deep, but it’s difficult to grasp the scale…
Commuting calculator

Infographics / commute, scale, Sergio Peçanha, Washington Post

Sergio Peçanha and Yan Wu for The Washington Post made a calculator that…
Using rates for more relatable Covid-19 numbers

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, rate, scale, Washington Post

With millions of Covid-19 deaths worldwide, and hundreds of thousands in the US,…
Scale of a mouse plague

Infographics / Australia, mouse, plague, scale, Washington Post

There’s a mouse plague in Australia right now. The words alone don’t express…
Coping with the big numbers

Infographics / comic, Connie Jin, coronavirus, NPR, scale

Connie Jin, who works for NPR and updates a Covid-19 dashboard, talks about…
Compare the scale of any area in the world

Maps / scale, Stamen

Riffing on the Ever Given Ever Ywhere, which lets you place the Ever…
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The Process / comparison, scale

In analysis and visualization, you’re often tasked with the “compared to what” question. Your approach will change the perspective.
Make the Ever Given get stuck anywhere

Maps / Ever Given, Garrett Dash Nelson, scale, Suez Canal

The Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal. It was refloated. So…
What if a giant banana was orbiting Earth

Infographics / banana, humor, scale, space

yeti dynamics imagined if a giant banana were orbiting Earth from the same…
Seeing CO2 is a playable data visualization

Infographics / carbon, environment, Extraordinary Facility, game, scale

Seeing CO2, by design studio Extraordinary Facility, is a playable data visualization that…
500,000 lives lost, an individual scale

Infographics / coronavirus, deaths, Reuters, scale

The United States passed the half million mark for confirmed Covid-19 deaths. It’s…
Tracking world’s biggest iceberg

Maps / iceberg, Reuters, scale

The world’s biggest iceberg, A68a, is on track to crash into a remote…
Mapping 250,000 people

Maps / coronavirus, deaths, scale, Washington Post

As we’ve talked about before, it can be hard to really understand the…
Covid-19 in your neighborhood

Maps / coronavirus, neighborhood, personalization, scale, Washington Post

With recorded U.S. Covid-19 deaths passing the 200k mark, somehow the number still…
Scale of the explosion in Beirut

Infographics / Beirut, explosion, Reuters, scale

There was an explosion in Beirut. It was big. How big? Marco Hernandez…
Comparing U.S. coronavirus case rates to other hot spots

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, Lauren Letherby, New York Times, scale, scrollytelling

The numbers are high here in the United States, and at this point,…

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