06.12.10

Graphics for the Weekend

Posted in Links, Travel at 1:35 am by Smokey

I’m in a bit of a posting malaise right now, with lots I want to write about but little energy to make it happen when I have the time.

As a step in the right direction, though, I offer these links to some nifty graphics to keep your mind sharp for the weekend:

  • Tallest Mountain to Deepest Ocean Trench from Our Amazing Planet
    • I never realized the Statue of Liberty was so short!
  • Locals and Tourists from Eric Fischer
    • Having been a tourist in nearly a dozen of these places, a former resident of one,1 and a general geography buff, it’s fascinating to see the places we find interesting, and the differences around the world (Greater Cairo, for instance, has a relatively low density of photographs, and an even-lower density of definable locals—but it is fun to see the tourists on felucca rides in the Nile!).

        

1 Or two, by the definition used in the compilation—had I uploaded any photos to Flickr, of course. ↩