This is mesmerizing

Take a look at this.

The stills don't do it justice, but it comes from the chronotext site that "is a growing collection of software experiments exploring the relation between text, space and time."

Essentially it runs a selection of text around a spiral that's laid on top of a topographical map. And it's awfully pretty. download the Java app and see it in action.

Nice.

Source: NOTCOT