According to NASA, this visualization shows the ocean surface currents around the world between June 2005 through December 2007 -- and the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a "simple, visceral experience."
Photographer: NASA
Posted: 03/29/2012
NASA has released a stunning time lapse of the world's oceans that has a Vincent Van Gogh quality.
According to NASA, this visualization shows the ocean surface currents around the world between June 2005 through December 2007 -- and the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a "simple, visceral experience."
This visualization was produced using NASA/JPL's computational model called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II or ECCO2, a press release from NASA states. ECCO2 is high resolution model of the global ocean and sea-ice.
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