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A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.

The flight data is courtesy of flightradar24.com and covers a large fraction of Europe. There are a few gaps (most noticeably France) and no coverage over the Atlantic, but the picture is still clear.

The map data is CC-by-SA openstreetmap.org and contributors.

This CC-by-SA visualisation was produced by itoworld.com with support from ideasintransit.org

UPDATE: New 1080p version with different view, more data, and CO2 burn rates: vimeo.com/11739091

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  • King Learie 2 years ago
    Fantastic view of the pause and 'reboot' due to that volcano. The sky was completely clear over the East Midlands of England where I live and shot video of the sky as this was a unique event. This morning (27-04) was very still and the clear sky was covered in dozens spreading chemtrails lowering the light levels by 15% according to an old light meter.
    I get the feeling that this isn't sustainable in the long run and it will be back to sailing ships to get about.
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  • jimmac 2 years ago
    Crazy.
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  • rweait 2 years ago
    Very nice.
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  • Slowdating 2 years ago
    interestng
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  • Neil Master 2 years ago
    very cool. what's up with the circular patterns that show up a couple times (near Ireland at about 35 seconds)?
  • Jane Smith 2 years ago
    Probably waiting to land. You know, "folks, we're waiting for permission to land, so we'll be circling for about 8 hours"
  • Lasse Sørensen 2 years ago
    I think it was the test flights either by the private flight companies or the military, testing if it would be safe to open the airspace. Greatest possibility, I think.
  • Ralph Croly 2 years ago
    It's over shannon, which is where most planes from the US would have had to land
  • Ben Jones 2 years ago
    This was just before the UK airports opened again, BA hedged their bets and sent flights on their way and at one point they were holding off every corner of the UK and Ireland before LHR & LGW were finally given the green light.
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  • Jon Corbett 2 years ago
    Lost in the ash cloud?!
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  • Jay Bflag 2 years ago
    Wow !
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  • Rob P 2 years ago
    Nice.
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  • Emma Cunningham 2 years ago
    Pretty cool!
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  • miska knapek plus 2 years ago
    whoa! very nice!
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  • TEKNOISM 2 years ago
    Very interesting. This can not be good for the environment.
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  • Convivial Studio plus 2 years ago
    Information is beautiful!
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  • SergiNolla 2 years ago
    Mira que som insignificants......però les coses amb perspectiva sempre solen canviar ;)
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  • FonduTV.com 2 years ago
    Incredible! This does bring to light the discussion of the environment and air pollution.
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  • Sasha Fornari plus 2 years ago
    amazing use of the data collected! thanks so much for making this!
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  • NiX Cadmium 2 years ago
    Awesome sparks!
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  • mpared plus 2 years ago
    very cool posted at the curious brain
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  • Darshan Kisoensingh 2 years ago
    Keep hearing ChuChu Rocket! sounds when I see this.
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  • Julia Dennison 2 years ago
    But how come there's never any flights over western France?
  • Alex 2 years ago
    That is what i thinking...........
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  • PeterEastern 2 years ago
    We understand that data is picked up by VHF receivers operated by volunteers around the world from transmissions from planes. Unfortunately there is not global coverage yet - FlightRadar24 need some more volunteers to fill in the blank areas including parts of France, Spain, Germany, southern Italy and Greece.If you are in one of those countries and want to fill in the gap then check out this page:
    flightradar24.com/about.php
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  • rainer baur 2 years ago
    is ja Hammer !
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  • maty 2 years ago
    An amazing video..
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  • Zeke 2 years ago
    Very cool. Thanks for sharing!
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  • Boligrafobasura 2 years ago
    Beauty, Its like radioactive ants
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  • Jonathan Joyce 2 years ago
    I love this visualisation - very stylish and effective. What did you use to produce this? I would love to get my hands on your code ;o)
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