It always amazes me to see how much air traffic there really is at any one point in time. The Icelandic volcano eruption a while ago caused all air traffic to be grounded for a while for safety reasons. The video below shows what the skies looked like as things went back to normal over the course of many days.
Airspace Rebooted from ItoWorld on Vimeo.
A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.
The flight data is courtesy of http://www.flightradar24.com and covers a large fraction of Europe. There are a few gaps (most noticeably France) and no coverage over the Atlantic, but the picture is still clear.
The map data is CC-by-SA http://www.openstreetmap.org and contributors.
This CC-by-SA visualisation was produced by http://www.itoworld.com with support from http://ideasintransit.org
UPDATE: New 1080p version with different view, more data, and CO2 burn rates: http://vimeo.com/11739091
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