Biggest satellite fails of 2017

Ishveena Singh, Geoawesomeness

Nobody said launching a satellite is easy. After all, it does require rocket science. But this year is far from over and we have already seen quite a few setbacks for some of the biggest names in the space industry. Take a look…

What does satellite imagery look like in 3D art?

Medium

Richelle Gribble transforms satellite imagery into miniature 3D scenes.

This Kickstarter turns metropolitan areas into works of abstract art

Andrew Liptak, The Verge

David Hoe, the developer behind the project says that he came up with the idea because he loves to “explore the intersection between design and programming.” No two maps are alike.

An ‘Atlas for the End of the World’ 

Greg Miller, Atlas Obscura

Dozens of colorful new maps and graphics show where urbanization is most likely to conflict with biodiversity.

Smoke from American wildfires made it all the way to france

Atlas Obscura

Kelsey Kennedy takes nasa’s maps and creates a bit of a time lapse to demonstrate how the smoke from the raging forest fires of North America have made it all the way to France