Space visualization: The 5 most beautiful data visualizations

These days we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and focusing on a possible new lunar conquest by 2023. But let’s dream a bit and look at the most beautiful space visualizations of the universe the Internet can offer today!
For all skywatchers out there, here’s a list of the sites to visualize data related to galaxies, space visualization and the world around us.

Apollo 11 traject Space visualization

Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American crew that landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Let’s experience Apollo 11’s way to the moon.

Apollo 11 way to the moon, space visualization, data software

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Blockchain visualizations: 7 most beautiful Bitcoin visualizations

What is the Blockchain?

To understand blockchain and bitcoin visualizations, let’s first understand what is Blockchain?
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The idea of money and currencies as flows in networks is not new. German sociologist Georg Simmel put forth similar ideas in his Philosophy of Money. With Bitcoin, we finally have a currency that not only links people (or: nodes) together in financial transactions, but the whole network is transparent.
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Experts argue that the currency is just one of many applications that can be built on the Blockchain algorithm and database powering Bitcoin. This way of linking nodes can be used to weave authentication layers in all sorts of networked applications e.g. the Internet of Things.

The best Bitcoin and Blockchain visualizations

This combination of open and transparent data available through various interfaces or APIs in combination with a networked data structure should be a jackpot for data visualizers and information designers. So we took a look around to find the most impressive ways of visualizing the Bitcoin transaction flows. Some of the following blockchain visualizations even come with recipes.

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