the blog quebecois

look out the left the captain said
the lights down there, that’s where we’ll land
i saw a falling star burn up
above the las vegas sands

joni mitchell

This takes forever to load, but it's worth it if you have a fast connection. It's a NASA-generated animation of the air traffic above the U.S. and southern Canada over a 24-hour period. Either that or an anthill.

I remember a documentary that showed radar maps of the Eastern Seaboard and the Atlantic approaches in the immediate hours after 9/11, with aircraft diverting north or back to Europe and the usual blizzard of activity winking out as planes landed at the nearest airport. Eerie stuff. It's nice to see things back to normal.

Note: You'll need to set your screen resolution to at least 1024x768 to access the Quick Time controls at the bottom of the page.

Via J-Walk Blog