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​These Maps Reveal How Cities Will Erode Over Time

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A digital artist known as Chaotic Atmospheres has run city maps through World Terrain, a software system that simulates real-world geological events like erosion. The results are these evocative “erosion flow maps” that imagine what might happen to cities if they flowed into the environments around them.

Tokyo, Japan

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Paris, France

Cairo, Egypt

Beijing, China

New York City, New York

Venice, Italy

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All images are from Chaotic Atmospheres.

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