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Craft

Every Known Body in the Solar System, On One Infographic

June 9, 2020 Craft

Information designer Eleanor Lutz has studied the ways we can consume info, whether it be charts, graphs or anything in between. Her infographic on our Solar System is out of this world, showing a huge amount of data displayed in an elegant and space-like manner. The detail is breathtaking, and obviously the culmination of years of work and research. Check out the full size graphicfor amazing detail, and to learn about the 18,000+ items known items in our solar system.

This map shows the orbits of more than 18000 asteroids in the solar system. This includes everything we know of that’s over 10km in diameter – about 10000 asteroids – as well as 8000 randomized objects of unknown size. Each asteroid is shown at its position on New Years’ Eve 1999, colored by type of asteroid.

Design

More of Beautiful News Daily’s Uplifting Headlines

May 28, 2020 Design

We’ve posted about Beautiful News Daily before, and the way they create stylish, compelling infographic headlines that share positive stories. In an era where we can use as much good news as possible, here is a new collection of recent stories from Beautiful News Daily. Many of them are coronavirus related, and some have to do with overall world health and the environment.

And while yes, there are a lot of major challenges in the world right now, it’s always good to realize there are positive stories happening all the time.

Animals

128 Years of National Geographic Infographics

February 27, 2017 Animals

A lot of us grew up with stacks of yellow National Geographic magazines around, their iconic shape and consistently wonderful photography giving us glimpses of the world, near and far. Often the magazines include fold-out maps and excellent infographics. But did you know that the magazine pretty much invented the formula? Their infographics have been going back for more than 128 years. Now National Geographic has teamed up with Taschen to publish a beautifully rich collection of these graphics, including many you’ll recognize, and many you’ve probably missed. An epic journey broken down into seven sections: History, The Planet, Being Human, Animal World, World of Plants, Science & Technology, and Space. We can’t wait to get a copy.

Art

The World in One City

March 18, 2012 Art

A very striking infographic about world population and city density. It goes to show you how city planning changes drastically from place to place.

Design

Infographic of the Day: The World’s Most Imposing Mountain Peaks

February 1, 2011 Design

I love infographics, and interesting ways of showing data in a visually dynamic fashion.

Enter the SE7EN Summits. A great graphic in of itself. But then below the chart are the rankings of a mountain’s “prominence.” Also called autonomous height, relative height, or simply prime factor, it’s basically a measure of how tall a mountain is relative to its surrounding topography. So you actually learn a little bit about what it feels like to climb a given summit. If a mountain is tall but has a low prominence, then it probably doesn’t feel all that dramatic — you feel like you’re on top of simple one mountain among many others. But mountains with higher prominence jut up from the land around them — the loom over the surrounding landscape. Thus, when climbed, they offer a more dramatic sense of ascent and greater views. And once you’re at the top, the give you more of a sense of being on the literal top of the world.

[Via Audree Lapierre]