Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo.
Source: FlowingData.
Tags: United Kingdom, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Decline, Maritime, Maritime Empires, Empires, FlowingData
Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo.
Source: FlowingData.
Tags: United Kingdom, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Decline, Maritime, Maritime Empires, Empires, FlowingData

Called the SeaOrbiter, the huge 51m (167ft) structure is set to be the world's first vertical ship allowing man a revolutionary view of life below the surface.
Mr Rougerie [the ship's designer] wants the ship to be a space station for the sea giving scientists an insight into the little-known world under the sea.
'SeaOrbiter will provide a permanent mobile presence with a window to what is under the surface of the sea."
'The food and medicines of the future will come from the ocean. We're now starting to realise that oceans have a major role in the fragile equilibrium of our planet.'


Source: Geekology.
Tags: Global Warming, Living In Sea, Living At Sea, Sea, Ocean, Sea Ship, SeaOrbitter, Rougerie, Fragile Equilibrium, Geekology