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The Judges
Flight Patterns
Credit: Aaron Koblin, University of California, Los Angeles

In this animation made by digital media artist Aaron Koblin, airplane traffic looks much like fireworks in the night sky. Using air-traffic data from the Federal Aviation Administration, categorized using criteria such as "types of aircraft," "location," and "altitude," Koblin shows the changing dynamics of air traffic over the United States and Canada over a 24-hour period.
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