Latest piece · Animals on the move
One pelican, Virginia to Cuba
One brown pelican, followed from its nesting colony on Virginia's Eastern Shore down the coast to Cuba.
- Medium
- One bird's GPS track, May 2023 to May 2024, over NOAA elevation
- Length
- 42 s
- Collection
- Animals on the move, The Carolina coast
- Posted
- Nov 10, 2026
The collection
Real days, made into art
Storms, ships, tides and animals, drawn from public data. New pieces a few times a week.
Animals on the move · 42 sOne pelican, Virginia to Cuba
Animals on the move · 39 sPelicans of the Eastern Shore, up close
Animals on the move · 36 sSperm whales of the Gulf, two views
Storm days · 35 sFran at Cape Fear
Storm days · 35 sHazel, Carolinas to Canada
Storm days · 46 sFlorence, then the river
Storm days · 62 sHurricanes near Wilmington, 1851 to 2025
Animals on the move · 44 sBrown pelicans, past our beach
The Carolina coast · 32 sA day of boats on the Cape Fear
The Carolina coast · 25 s eachThe Cape Fear River, tide by tideAbout
Data, made into art
Interesting Day turns data into art, by Rob Silliman. Every dataset is a record of something that happened: a storm coming ashore, a tide turning, a pelican flying to Cuba. Drawn with care, the record becomes something you want to look at, and then something you understand. Maps are the first medium. The numbers are always real.
How the pieces are made