NASA has published a stunning van Gogh “inspired” timelapse visualization of ocean surface currents around the world form June 2005 through December 2007 on YouTube. This visualization was produced using a computational model called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II (ECCO2). This attempts to model the oceans and sea ice to increasingly accurate resolutions that begin to allow modeling of ocean eddies and other narrow-current systems which transport heat and carbon in the oceans. Although it simulates ocean flows at all depths, this visualization shows only the surface currents.