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Digital Universe Atlas : Cosmic Cartography

The Digital Universe Atlas is billed as the most complete fourth-dimensional map of our universe. It was developed by the American Museum of Natural History in cooperation with NASA and contains everything from the Himalayas to the edge of the observable universe. While that might sound like a lot, watching the video reveals it isn’t.
Apart from being a nice example of information visualization, one commenter sums up its usefulness nicely with “…several hours of heated discussion versus 6:31min infovis.”

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