Quick post: 24 hours of U.S. flights by artist Aaron Koblin

Using data from the F.A.A. and Flight View, artist Aaron Koblin visualized air traffic over the United States during a 24 hour period.  The result is both beautiful and fascinating:

If you click on the image above you’ll see a close-up view; on Aaron’s website, clicking on Altitude, Model or Make enables you to vary the image according to those factors, and you can zoom in to view the activity in your (or other) areas.

One of the variants in this series of images enables you to view an animated version in which Skobin uses lines of varying colors and types as well as liquid-like orbs to capture aircraft activity.  You can see Aaron’s work at his website; for his work, “Flight Patterns”, click:  Aaron Koblin – Flight Patterns.

The link to the animated sequence appears directly below the first image in the series.  Check it out!