Adventure on the Okavango: The Data Artist
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(Part 2 of 2)
Data artist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Jer Thorp gets up close—sometimes terrifyingly close—to wild animals in the Okavango Delta and records his experiences as interactive visualizations, allowing anyone with an Internet connection to take a real-time journey deep into the Okavango.
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