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A monochrome solarigraph showing a series of stacked arcs - the sun's path over the course of 6 months - on the left the point at which the sun rises varies, the arcs are truncated a bit after their peaks in mid-afternoon.
A gray-scle ridgeplot illustration of the
a 3d view of an old topographic map, showing both the mountainous terrain and the bathymetry
A dark map of Lake Baikal. Titled: 'Lake Baikal' with subtitle: 'Age: oldest (25-30 million years) Depth: deepest (1,642 m) Area: 7th largest (Belgium + 1,033 km2)'. The bathymetry is coloured from dark black at the deepest through a purple-y gray to gray for the shallow regions. A colorbar has the 'dysphotic' and 'aphotic' zones roughly labelled. It spans latitude 52-56 N and longitudes 104-110 E. (approx). A dark, mostly black, subtle hillshade is applied to the surrounding landscape. The lake cuts a roughly diagonal line from the bottom left of the frame to the top right, and it is very narrow compared to its length. Credits at the bottom read: 'by:tlohde / GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group 2025 (2025): The GEBCO_2025 Grid - a continuous terrain model for oceans and land at 15 arc-second intervals'
A topographical map showing the Rembesdalskåka outlet glacier of Hardangerjøkulen ice cap in Norway. Elevation is depicted by gray contours and a colour ramp from dark blue (low) to white (high). Within Hardangerjøkulen, a dashed line denotes the extent of Rembesdalskåka. Across which are several black lines, each one with a year label (from lowest elevation to highest: 1989, 1993, 2000, 1973, 2017, 1991, 1985, 2019, 1966). Around the edge of the ice cap several mountain peaks are labelled. A scale bar in the top right indicates that the whole map is ~20 km across. Several lakes are shown in a dark blue. The title / legend in the bottom left reads: 'Rembesdalskåka Equilibrium Line'. Credits along the bottom read: 'by:tlohde / Copernicus Global DEM (ESA) / Raup et al., (2007) The GLIMS Geospatial Glacier Database / Fluctuations of Glaciers Database, World Glacier Monitoring Service / OpenStreetMap contributors'
A hexbin map showing density of vineyards across Italy. Map is titled 'Dove sono i vigneti?' The color scale goes from white through warm orange to dark red, with tick marks indicating that it is on a log scale. It is labelled Meno (less) and Piu (more). Credits in the bottom left read: 'by:tlohde / © OpenStreetMap contributors / Colormap: Bilbao by Fabio Crameri / Font: Prociono by Barry Schwartz'.
A map showing the bathymetry and sub-glacial topography across West Greenland. The topography is on a black to dark blue to light blue color ramp. Contours are drawn and 250 m intervals. There are many fjords and islands. Several fjords have regions where the depth is 1000+ m. There is a subtle hill-shade layer on top of the terrain. There are ~30 glaciers marked as small orange crosses, with their names written along side. The names are in Greenlandic, for example: Nunaarsussuup Oqquatungaani Sermikassak, Tassartooq, Sermikassak, Umiammakku Sermiat, Nakkala, and Kangilleq. The map is titled: 'Glaciers of West Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)' with the following text below: 'Changes to the Greenlandic language coupled with a history of exploration has led to many glaciers having multiple names. Greenlandic names are typically descriptive, whereas names given during expeditions are often say more about those on the expedition. For example, Rink Isbræ was named in honour of Hinrich Johannes Rink (Isbræ meaning glacier in Danish). Its Greenlandic name: Kangilliup Sermia, can be approximately translated to mean: The Eastern Ice.' In the bottom left the data sources are credited: 'Greenlandic Glacier Names by Bjørk, Anders; Kruse, Lisathe; Michaelsen, Peter (2015). https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1449148.v2 & BedMachine Greenland by Morlighem, M. et al. (2022). https://doi.org/10.5067/GMEVBWFLWA7X. Date Accessed 24-11-2025.' & in the bottom right it reads : 'by:tlohde'
A map of northern Sweden, Finland and Norway. The coastline and border between the three countries has been drawn multiple times and different scales. The 1:110 million scale is much more angular than the 1:10 million scale. Bathymetry is shown off-shore. Lakes and rivers are also plotted along with a few settlements. The typeface of the labels and corresponding legend items mirrors the scale of the data plotted, with a more pixelated font used for the 1:110 million scale data, and a more refined version of the typeface used for the 1:10 million scale data.
Map titled: 'River Catchments of Scotland'. Distance from catchment boundary is shown as hillshaded topography and coloured using a blue-to-white colourmap. Large catchments, such as the Tweed in the Scottish Borders, Tay in Perth and Kinross, and the Spey all appear as large depressions in the landscape with their catchment boundaries appearing as ridges. The sea is depicted with a random scattering of blue-to-white dots. Credits in the bottom left corner read: 'by:tlohde / OpenStreetMap contributors / includes Crown copyright, Cefas 2023 / League Script by the League of Moveable Type'
A 3d model of mountainous terrain showing a sinuous valley with its surrounding peaks. Titled: 'Val di Genova, Parco naturale dell'Adamello-Brenta' credits: 'by:tlohde / Copernicus Global DEM (ESA)' Labelled peaks are: Cima Presanella (3557 m), Monte Mandrone (3283 m), Cima Lancia (2318 m), Crozzon del Diavolo (3018 m), Corno di Lago Scuro (3164 m) & Cimon delle Gere (3016 m)
Map of the British Isles showing the location of extinct volcanoes (unfilled black circle markers). and bedrock fault lines (orange lines). The coastline is shown in thick black, with a slight dropshadow. The map is coloured in such that the volcanoes are a bright orange/yellow, and the colour moves to a darker purple with distance from a volcano. The same colourscheme is applied at sea, however with reduced opacity. The title text reads: 'The ~~British~~ Volcanic Isles' with subheading: 'Volcanic activity across the British Isles peaked during the Paleozoic (539 to 252 Ma*), with the last significant eruptions occuring during the Paleogene (66 to 43 Ma). *million years ago'. A few key volcanoes are highlighted: Anton Dohrn Seamount (70-41 Ma); Erlend (58 Ma); Rum (60 Ma); Ben Nevis (299 Ma); Dundee Law (415 Ma); Arthur's Seat (299 Ma); Loch Na Fooey (490 Ma); Mynydd y Dref (450 Ma); Bardon Hill (570 Ma); Warboys (300 Ma); Gurnard's Head (400 Ma)
A simple black and white map with very few features. A single line of longitude at 52°30′ W and one line of latitude at 72°0′ N cross the image. Just north east of their intersection is the text: 'The marine-terminating Salliarutsip Sermia retreated 12 km between 2000 and 2025'. This text is written over two lines; is aligned south-west to north-east and has a gentle curve to it. At either end of the text are two thick black lines, each slightly curved and jagged, representing the terminus positions of the glacier. The credits in the bottom left read: 'by:tlohde / terminus positions digitized from Landsat 7 & 8 acquisitions on 26/8/2000 and 23/8/2025'
Map of Wales. Titled: 'Access to the Railways' The map is a proximity surface, with bright colors representing large distances from a railway station, and darker colors closer to train stations. Additionally the proximity surface is shown with illuminated contours giving the a 3d-ish feel, with the railways running along ridges, and places far from the network appearing to be at the bottom of a hill. The middle of snowdonia and a portion of the west coast are shown as being the furthest from the network. An annotation reads: 'Llangrannog the furthest village from a train station (in a straight line)'. At the top right some text reads: 'Platform Wales'. the credits read: 'by tlohde / OpenStreetMap Contributors'
A map of East Anglia, UK. No features have been drawn on the map, however the land is coloured from white to pink to dark pink depending on the depth of superficial deposits. The majority of the region is white, however there are some bands of pink and a few patches of dark pink, neart the Suffolk/Norfolk border. In the top right is a histogram showing the distribution of depths. The frequency is shown on a log-scale, indicating most areas have no deposits, but some have up to 100 m. The title runs downt the right side of the plot and reads: 'Depth of Superficial Deposits East Anglia UK' and is written in white with a large drop shadow in dark pink. The north sea / background is black, which makes the whole image quite high contrast. Credits along the bottom read: 'by:tlohde / ‘Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2025'
A black and white map of Western Europe. The oceans are black, as are the lakes, and rivers. The land is white, with some black stipples denoting the areas of higher ground. Country borders are not shown. Text in the upper right reads: 'From Calais (Fr) --> Orfu (Hu) via: Belgium where it rained; the Netherlands for (second?) breakfast; Germany where it was hot and I filled my thermos with ice cream; Austria for the only proper hill; and into Hungary for a swim in Lake Balaton.' The route taken is shown, along with the elevation profile of the route along the bottom of the image. At the bottom the text reads: '~2100 km / 13 days / 0 punctures' with credits: 'by tlohde / Copernicus Global DEM (ESA) & Natural Earth'
Map titled: 'Qikiqtaq 69°10ʹN 57°25ʹW, Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada' The island is irregularly shaped, with several larger bays/inlets. The island is covered with many, many lakes. The lakes have been coloured in a variety of blues. In the top left is a small histogram showing the distribution of lake areas, on a logarithmic scale: with mode of 0.01 km^2. In the bottom left is a map showing where Qikiqtaq is in the Canadian Arctic, above the rest of North America and to the west of Greenland. A scale bar in the bottom right corner is 25 km wide, indicating that the whole island is ~200 km across at it's widest point. Some text in upper right reads: 'here, lakes cover ~24% of the island and there are ~46 lakes per person'.
A map titled: Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The map is comprised of a Sentinel-2 RGB image satellite image showing the ice cap which is up to 60 km across and in excess of 100 km long. Surrounding the ice cap are mountains, some with snow covered peaks, others rocky, along with many bright blue lakes. Overlaid on top of the ice cap are flow lines indicating the direction of ice flow, and colored according to the speed of flow. The lines clearly show the ice divide in the middle of the ice cap. The color of the flow lines is on a logarithmic scale from 0 to 100 m/yr, as shown in the color-bar beneath the main plot. In the upper left is an inset showing where Baffin Island's position to the west of Greenland, and above the north eastern limit of North America. Image credits in the bottom left read: 'by:tlohde / (C) contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data / NASA MEaSURE's ITS_LIVE (Gardner et al., 2025)'
Minimalistic map of France, showing a series of nested contour lines in blue and red. Blue contours represented the density of bakeries; red farms. Above the main plot, the longitudinal distribution of bakeries and farms are shown (with a prominent bakery mode inline with Paris), and to the right the latitudinal distributions. The map titled: Croissant Distribution (boulangerie & fermes), and is accompanied by the text: Spatial distribution* of bakeries and farms across France. *kernel density estimate. Image credits: by:tlohde. (C) OpenStreetMap contributors, Font: Borel by Rosalie Wagner. The font is nice and cursive
Monotone image in bluey-green, showing the sun's path over the course of six months. The paths form a series of smooth bright curves stacked on top of each each. The outline of some trees mark the horizon. There is not much detail in the lower darker, lower half of the image. Along the top edge is some water damage.
a blue-ish monochrome solarigraph showing a series of stacked arcs - the sun's path over the course of 3 months - with their reflection in a pond below.
A map showing the small island of Pikelot, Micronesia, There is a beach, shown in sandy colours around the endge of island. The centre is green with a few darker green dots, and a single black `+` labelled 'Chapel'. The island is ringed by pale blue concentric circles of progressively decreasing opacity
A world map in the Mercator projection with a 6x6 grid of the true size of Greenland overlaid in pale pink, except for one, which is in red where Greenland actually is. Nearer the equator Greenland apperas smaller, highlighting how distorting this projection is
A shaded relief map of iceland in shades of blue, on a dark blue sea, with points of red where there are 'Volcanoes, Geysers, Hot Springs & Saunas', which is written across the top in a viking-esque font
Graphic representation of Europe. The frame is circular, each country is depicted as a series of circles of decreasing size, tightly packed together. The title is: eur(o)pe. Credits at the bottom read: Encircled Incircles / by-tlohde / made with Natural Earth
Graphic representation of Iceland. The frame is circular, with a blue background. Iceland is depicted as a series of circles of decreasing size, tightly packed together. The circles are red. The title is ÍSLAND and the capital, Reykjavík, is also labelled. Credits at the bottom read: Encircled Iceland Incircles / by-tlohde / made with Natural Earth
a network of roads in grey, with another fainter network behind, shown with dashed lines
A series of small green circles, depicting the locations of mapped trees in OpenStreetMap in Paris, centered on Île de la Cité.
Two gpx traces; one black which draws an approximate triangle, and one green which scribbles all over the place; in the top right is a photo of a black dog laying on the ground with a stick. The map legend indicateds the black line is the 'path', and the green line is 'where the ball might be'. Brown circles denote benches along the path
A map showing portions of Cherokee County, Buena Vista County and Pocahontas County. The county borders are straight vertical lines dividing the scent into three even squares. The terrain is depicted with a hill shade and the stream network is shown faintly in black. As one moves east the density and extent of the stream network diminishes rapidly
Map of Greenwich & Blackwall, London. Features are drawn in black, and the background is sepia. The River Thames is filled in with a series of concentric lines. Buildings are shown with grey hatching. The cable car across the Thames is shown as a dot-dash line, and is labelled Cable Car, and the under construction Silvertown tunnel is shown as a pair of dashed lines.
Mackenzie Distributaries. Illustration of a complex network of meandering, branching river channels. The rivers are shown in dark blue, with colours ranging from light blue to white away from the channels. Lighter colours denote elevations that are higher than the nearest river channel.
Map of the Baltic States, with a meandering route drawn on. A route is drawn in pink: Tallinn, Vormsi Island, Tartu, Suur Munamägi, Gulbene, Jekabpils, Riga, Kuldiga, Liepāja, Curonian Spit, Šiauliai, Trakai, Vilnius
Magyarország Oázisai. (Hungarian Oases) Bivariate choropleth map of Hungary on a black ground, with a dense hexagonal grid, where each hexagon is coloured by the number of springs (in blues) and the number of pubs (in orange/browns). Regional capitals are labelled.
On the left-hand side is a 4 x 5 grid of circular maps showing the city centres of each of the twenty regional capitals of Italy. Only polygons of parks and gardens (green), buildings (white) and piazzas (red) are shown. Above each circle is the city title, with the region name below. On the right-hand side is a map of Italy, showing the regions (in red) and the regional capitals are labelled in green. The whole figure has a black background.
minimalistic representation of Zürich Hauptbanhof. Thin white lines depicting the railway lines are shown on a grey background, with all the railpoints (aka switches) shown as red circles
A map of western Europe with a handful of different coloured lines across France, Switzerland, Northern Italy, and the Baltic States, and lots of interseting lines in the UK. An inset shows a zoomed in section on central London
On a black background are many many, small wiggly lines, the lines are coloured by the direction in which they go, using a circular colour map. If you know that the lines depict where water would flow over a landscape, and that the colours correspond to the direction, one can see how this does resemble terrain, with lower elevations and river valleys depicted as empty space, and ridges are where the lines of different colours meet. It is messy and quite abstract
a ridgeplot style map, showing the topography of the Parco Naturale dell'Adamello-Brenta, with a smooth colour ramp from pale yellow in the foreground to darker blue in the far-field. Along the right and left edges are names of Rifugi (mountain huts) and lines leading to its location in hills
A satellite image showing a few outlet glaciers in west Greenland. Two are labelled: In orange: Kangaasarssup Sermia (KS) and in blue Isortuarsuup Sermia (IS). An inset shows a close up of the terminus of IS where ice bergs can be seen in the lake.
Three subplots, the two on the left cover the same extent, and the one on the right shows a smaller area contained within. The top left shows change in ice veloicty (green=faster, pink=slower). There is no pink, and the intensity of green increases towards the glacier. In the lower left the rate of surface elevation change is shown where red=thinning, blue=thickening; much of the glacier has thinned with the greatest thinning near the terminus. Two water bodies indicate some increases in elevation, however dh/dt values over water are not to be trusted. On the right, a close up satellite image of a glacier terminus with multiple terminus traces shown for a 6 year 2014-2020 period. Some terminus retreat is visible at the northern end of the glacier, near some grounded icebergs
A map of world showing only 'peaks' from OpenStreetMap. Oceans, and land are black, and peaks are shown in blue, and regions with higher concentration of peaks in a lighter blue nearing white. More than anything this map shows how less populated regions of the world have had far fewer peaks mapped
A map of the world with uninhabited islands highlighted
A graph showing the distance from Budapest against the bearing from Budapest
A world map, where each country is depicted with the smallest rectangle that would cover it's territory
A topographic map showing contour lines, peaks, glaciers and lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valley region of Antarctica
A satellite image from Brúarjökull in Iceland, with squiggly lines in alternating black and white
A map of Europe where each individual country has been turned upside down
A map of the Cairngorms national park. Black background with white national park border. Within the national park the terrain is represented by colors ranging from black through dark purples to bright orange. Brighter colours represent regions that are 'more visible' than darker regions, as these areas can be seen from more summits. The resulting sum of viewsheds bears strong resemblance to the underlying topography.
A map of Europe divided into regularly spaced timezones that are 5 minutes wide
A terrain map showing a hillshaded surface, coloured in blues and greens with blues denoting valley axes, and greens ridges
A map of the UK and Northern Ireland composed entire of black dots where public benches are. City centres are clearly visible, as aside from the much of Scotland, the coastline is clearly defined
A map showing the UK and Ireland on a white background, the land is covered in a hexagonal grid, with each cell coloured using a the bivariate color scheme. Cells that have: neither hills nor water are in pale grey; lots of hills and no water in orange; lots of water an no hills in blue; and both hills and water in a orange-blue brown mix
A pseduo-colour terrain map of Laguna del Carbón. Low elevations are shown in progressively darker teal colors, higher elevations in darker browns. The color scale pivots at 0 m a.s.l which is white. This shows that the lowest point is _below_ sea level. The title text reads: 'Laguna del Carbón: -105m, gran bajon de san julian, argentina'. n the bottom left is an inset map showing the outline of South America, with an arrow pointing to southern Argentina
map of north western Hardangerjøkulen, Norway. The map is in black and white, and has been made to look like it was photocopied.
A map of North America. The sea is a light blue, the land is depicted in white, with no borders or features. There are ~30 circles of varying size and colour showing the locations of impact craters. The circle size denotes the dimater in km (legend entries 50, 100, 150) and the color refers to the age in millions of years (0-1250)
A map of north america with a hexagonal grid across the great plains, with each cell coloured in a shade of green-brown depending on the elevation in that cell. The map is titled 'hexagons tile the (great) plains'
Two maps side by side showing the (left) North and (right) south pole, with a wiggly line coloured from dark blue through green to yellow showing the path of the magnetic pole over the last ~400 years.
Azimuthal Equidistant map centered on Central Asia, with contours across Asia and Africa showing distance to coast
An absurdist map. Titled: Best Restaurants in Tokyo. But showing a mirror imaged version London (UK), with the river Thames running through it. There are two green squares denoted 'you are here'; and the legend entires for 'hospital' and 'firework/party shop' share the same symbol: an orange star. The scale bar is of length 7343.91 m. The North arrow shows that North is up, and that east is to the left. The grid ticks read 'S O N I C' on the y-axis and 'B A D G E R' on the x-axis. The inset map that is supposed to show the extent of the main map is centered on London, Ontario.
A map of all the lakes in Finland, with the caption: if you go skydiving in Finland you have a 1 in 12 chance of getting wet
A map of the UK made entirely of points where there are trig pillars. The poitns are coloured according to their elevation