vangogh
03-27-2012, 01:52 PM
NASA put together a video visualizing the ocean's currents. I found it via this article, Better Than A Van Gogh: NASA Visualizes All The World’s Ocean Currents (http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669361/better-than-a-van-gogh-nasa-visualizes-all-the-worlds-ocean-currents). The Van Gogh reference should be obvious once you watch the video and assuming you've ever seen any Van Gogh's later paintings. Think the brush strokes in Starry Night.
If you want to see the full version of the video (http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003800/a003827/), it's on NASA's site. Links to videos and images are along the right.
It's pretty cool to see the patterns of currents around the world. Makes you think twice about sailing certain parts of the world. Interesting to see places where the current seems relative calm and other areas where it's so active.
If you want to see the full version of the video (http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003800/a003827/), it's on NASA's site. Links to videos and images are along the right.
It's pretty cool to see the patterns of currents around the world. Makes you think twice about sailing certain parts of the world. Interesting to see places where the current seems relative calm and other areas where it's so active.