Seattle Map and Borges

Interesting short video on correspondence of "map to terrain".

Simulations of events, not only disasters but also banal daily occurences (commute, lol) is likely going to grow in importance, scope, scale, as we begin to make use of the reams of data we are collecting.

-G

via: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/3d-simulation-map/

Galaxy Simulation

 "For many years, I have been working on a project to visualize and animate the dynamics of galaxies using supercomputer simulations." - John Dubinski, University of Toronto. 

 via http://www.galaxydynamics.org/home.html

Fluorescent Reef

via: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/night-dive-fluorescence/