Long before we tackled the science to allow a view of what Carl Sagan would come to call “our pale blue dot”, there were artists and explorers who imagined the vastness of the world and took off into the unknown – both figuratively and literally.

EARTH collaborates with information from scientific organizations such as NASA and NOAA to create an interactive visualization of global weather conditions forecast by super computers updated every three hours. The actual global images are a fascinating swirl of wind and current, reminiscent of a Vincent Van Gogh painting.  The ocean surface current estimates are updated every five days, ocean surface temperatures and anomaly from daily average (1981-2011) are updated daily, and ocen waves are updated every three hours – all of which combine to present a moving canvas of what is presently occurring on this blue marble of a planet.

About The Art

EARTH, by Cameron Beccario, is a near real-time visualization of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers. This vivid capture depicts intricate, dramatic swirling patterns of wind streamlines reminiscent of oil paintings of the Impressionists.

About The Artist

CAMERON BECCARIO’S creation, Earth. depicts wind patterns on a global scale. The artist began with a wind map of Tokyo, where he lives, and then he took on the world. You can see his animated creation at earth.nullschool.net.

 Follow this link to read the data behind the art.