Beauty in the Strangest things

I saw this on ABC News a couple of evenings ago and was blown away how something so simple could becomes something so beautiful. And yes, this does show how much of a nerd I truly am but it is amazing to watch. What am I referring to? Check this out (you need Quicktime installed AND it is 14 MB in size so it will take a while to download):

You can find the background information on this page by Aaron Koblin. You just saw all the air traffic for a 24 hour period with the color representing types of flights (passenger, cargo, military, etc.). It is amazing to see how the outline of the continental U.S. shows up as well as the Transatlantic and Hawaii routes (plus some minor flights to the Bahamas, Virgin Islands, and Central America...). Take a look at Aaron's webpage...there are several other videos of the same day but in different forms. Simply Amazing!