The Google Art Project

Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project.
“You’ll find a selection of super high-resolution images of famous works of art as well as more than a thousand other images, by more than 400 artists—all in one place. And with Street View technology, you can take a virtual tour inside 17 of the world’s most acclaimed art museums.” via: Google’s Official Blog

The power of visualization

Nuclear Detonation Timeline "1945-1998" is a Multimedia artwork by Isao Hashimoto
It is a visualization of the 2053 nuclear tests and explosions that took place between 1945 and 1998 in various parts of the globe. Beautiful, and scary at the same time.

About "1945-1998" ©2003 by autor:
"This piece of work is a bird's eye view of the history by scaling down a month length of time into one second. No letter is used for equal messaging to all viewers without language barrier. The blinking light, sound and the numbers on the world map show when, where and how many experiments each country have conducted. I created this work for the means of an interface to the people who are yet to know of the extremely grave, but present problem of the world." via ctbto.org

From 2D Mandelbrot to 3D Mandelbulb

The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbulb, Great story and examples of 2D Mandelbrot to 3D Mandelbulb by Daniel White.

Breathing Earth

Breathing Earth – Displays the carbon dioxide emission levels of every country in the world, as well as birth and death rates.