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Arabian PeninsulaIranPersian GulfAbu DhabiUnited Arab EmiratesDubaiThe World islandsPalm JumeirahDowntown DubaiBurj Khalifa
Dubai, from orbit to street levelScale 1 : 0Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016 · CC BY 4.0
11:00 minute video30 scenes1,346 words narrated90 real pictures9 animated maps4.8 s to write every scene0 hand edits11:00 minute video30 scenes1,346 words narrated90 real pictures9 animated maps4.8 s to write every scene0 hand edits
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venice-grand-canalSearch the map — a city, a peak, a lake…Satellite · city levelBenchDone
Santa Lucia stationCa' d'OroRialto BridgeCa' FoscariAccademiaSanta Maria della SaluteSt Mark's SquareArsenaleGiudeccaRialto Bridgestone bridge, finished 1591
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · EOX · CC BY 4.0
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00000People, millions1291,441
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Map data · Natural Earth · UN estimates
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hannibal-crosses-the-alpsSearch the map — a city, a peak, a lake…Terrain · parchmentBenchDone
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Show Venice's trade routes to the east
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Drew 2 routes with a ship on each; highlighted Italy and Greece.
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Now end on Venice, close up
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Camera pushes in to Venice at 6.4 s, with a callout.
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Make Venice glow
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Glow added on the city.
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Take a boat down the Grand Canal
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Drew the Grand Canal; the camera follows the boat.
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Pin the sights as it passes
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Pinned 9 sights and added a Rialto Bridge callout.
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Pull back to the whole city
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Pull-back added at 8.4 s.
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Map the ten most populous countries
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Coloured 10 countries; bubbles sized by people.
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Zoom into South Asia
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Show the whole world again
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Pull-back added at 7 s.
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Hannibal's march, Spain to Cannae
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Drew the march on relief; the camera follows the army.
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Mark the battles
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Marked Trebia, Trasimene and Cannae.
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End on the whole route
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Pull-back added at 9.4 s.
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Every route out of Dubai
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6 great-circle flights, one after another.
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Count them as they land
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Added a route counter.
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Make Dubai pulse
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Hub pulse on DXB.
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Grow Rome, 200 BC to AD 117
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4 stages; each border draws itself and glows.
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Make the border brighter
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Glow raised on every stage.
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Hold on the full empire
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3 s hold on AD 117.
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CaffaConstantinopleMessinaBlack Sea to Sicily · 1347Messina · Sicily · October 1347Twelve galleys reach Messina0ships, their crewsalready dying of the plagueAnthony Roll, c. 1546 · galleyheadline
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Caravans carried silk, spices and fleas00:42
Plague enters the Genoese port01:25
Plague hits Mediterranean ports02:25
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Florence under the plague, 134803:54
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How many died in Europe06:50
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Fewer hands, more sheep09:06
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