Point Nemo

Have you ever heard of Point Nemo?

At more than 1,000 miles from civilization, its considered the most remote location on Planet Earth... It lies between New Zealand and South America and is fittingly known as the spacecraft cemetery, as the United States, Russia, Japan, and Europe have used it to dump some 263 pieces of space debris since 1971.

Further Info

• Eerie Facts About Point Nemo
• The Spacecraft Cemetery

Antique New York State Maps

• From the David Rumsey Collection
• Fully Interactive (pan, zoom, etc.)

Map Of The State Of New York With the Latest Improvements (1845)

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Note the side panel illustrations of Mountains and Rivers

• Ballston Lake = Long Lake 
• Lake George Village = Caldwell

Engineers Map of The State Of New York (1864)

Showing State Division into "agricultural Groups"

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• Outline color by agricultural group. 
• Shows canals, railroads in operation, in progress, and proposed.
• Note clear views of the railroads

1879 - New York Wilderness And The Adirondacks

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• Great Detail
• Even many hotels are listed!

New York State - 1895

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Where angry waters roll (1936 US Flood Map)

Where angry waters roll (1936 US Flood Map)

Fascinating data visualization of flood prone areas across the United States from the David Rumsey Collection 

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(zoom and pan)

The Tallest Lifeforms (Video)

These are screenshots from a wonderful video: "The Tallest Lifeforms Of All Time". Great use of analytic visual comparisons...

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How Earth Would Look If All The Ice Melted

There's a very powerful video on YouTube illustrating
"How Earth Would Look If All The Ice Melted"

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Highly recommended! - Below are a few screenshots...

India and Bangladesh

The west coast of Africa

China

U.S.A. Southeast

Australia