Left: The Global Transportation System. Right: The Anthropocene
How humans have transformed Earth: Incredible video illuminates every road, shipping route and flight path
By Rob Waugh and Ted Thornhill, Daily Mail, 25 April 2012.
By Rob Waugh and Ted Thornhill, Daily Mail, 25 April 2012.
From space Earth looks completely untouched.
However, it's deceptive, as a new video shows in mesmerising fashion.
[The video] 'Anthropocene' demonstrates just how much the planet has been transformed by humans by illuminating every road, shipping route and flight path.
[The Anthropocene is a recent and informal geologic chronological term that serves to mark the evidence and extent of human activities that have had a significant global impact on the Earth's ecosystems.]
View the dazzling images below, then watch the video at the end.
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| Illuminating: [The video] Anthropocene is a three-minute rollercoaster ride through the latest chapter in the story of how one species has transformed a planet. |
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| Global map showing major road and rail networks over land, along with transmission line and underwater cable data superimposed over satellite images of cities illuminated at night. |
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| Human technology presence over Africa at night. Road, rail and data transmission lines are highlighted on the map - along with the undersea data cables that connect continents. |
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| The U.S as you've never seen it before: The States is lit up in the video showing thousands of ways of getting from A to B. |
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| The video literally highlights the stark contrast between the infrastructures of Europe and north Africa. |
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| Air traffic routes across North America and Europe - showing the 'hubs' that connect the world, such as London's Heathrow, JFK in New York and Frankfurt. |
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| Air traffic routes over Eurasia - just one of the technologies Felix Pharand Deschenes has mapped over a night-time view of our planet. |
Video: 'Welcome to the Anthropocene' Earth Animation
Source: Vimeo.com
Watch the narrated version below:
Narrated Version: Welcome to the Anthropocene
Narrated Version: Welcome to the Anthropocene
Source: Vimeo.com
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