Air Traffic Map (IMAGE) DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Caption This award-winning image by Sandia researcher Andy Wilson shows PANTHER's geometric and temporal trajectory analyses of air traffic patterns from 43,000 flights over the continental United States on April 4, 2014. In this image, which is far more intricate than what we see from the ground, white lines represent level flight, orange lines indicate ascent and blue lines show descent. Around the edges are smaller views of most of the busiest airports to show the wide variety of traffic patterns. The image was runner-up in an international contest sponsored by IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee in 2014. Credit Image by Andy Wilson, Sandia National Laboratories Usage Restrictions Please credit Sandia National Laboratories License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.