Orbital View: Ripple
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
Nadine posted a hypnotic video over the summer that’s well-suited for our daily feature:
Conner Griffith describes his short film, Ripple, as “an advertisement for planet Earth.” It’s a flurry of frame-by-frame images, mostly from Google Earth and Wikipedia, that depict the many developed and undeveloped surfaces on the planet. … To see more of Griffith’s work, visit his Vimeo page.
About the Author
Chris Bodenner is a former senior editor at The Atlantic.