“This image is from late November, during Thanksgiving week. And this is the same image, 24 hours later.
I’ll show that again. Notice how every living thing — every green thing — is pressed down a few inches?
That’s the weight of rain.”
Excellent talk by NY Times Graphics Editor Jonathan Corum on narrative and visualization.
I really liked this talk. Other stuff on his website is great too, like calculating the flight capabilities of an unladen swallow (Monty Python reference…).