A Mesmerizing View of the Earth’s Most Traveled Underwater Highways as Seen From Space

NASA’s ECCO Group (Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean) shared a mesmerizing model that plotted the Earth’s most traveled underwater highways as seem from space. As the model zooms in to specific areas, the routes look a lot like “Starry Night” and other paintings by Van Gogh.

This data visualization showing ocean currents around the world uses data from NASA’s ECCO model, or Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean. The model pulls data from spacecraft, buoys, and other measurements.

NASA Ocean Highways
image via NASA
image via NASA
image via NASA

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.

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