Our planet

[unknownblogger]

I was looking up Earth surface elevation data today (from SRTM), and I was blown away by the amazing fractal structure of mountain and valley systems. Here's a small scaled-down sample of the dataset around Sydney, on which I've labelled Sydney and Newcastle to illustrate the scale. Brightness indicates elevation.

Comments

[wzdd]

That is cool!

[waitingman]

So that's what the Hunter Valley looks like!!

Interesting to see the great flat plain that Sydney sits on & is expanding throughout... Arthur Phillip definitely picked the best spot...

jeepers... :D

[saxra]

[damien_wise]

Gorgeous pic.

Reminds me of "The Fractal Geometry of Nature", only reversed. ;)