The Depth of the Problem infographic from The Washington Post illustrates just how difficult it is to find and retrieve the black boxes from aircrafts when they go into the ocean. This infographic uses visuals of the tallest buildings inverted to help illustrate the depth, as well as other well known objects that have sunk into the ocean.
After an Australian vessel, Ocean Shield, again detected deep-sea signals consistent with those from an airplane’s black box, the official leading a multination search expressed hope Wednesday that crews will begin to find wreckage of a missing Malaysian airliner “within a matter of days.”“I believe we’re searching in the right area,” Retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston said.
I know some people don’t like the really long infographics, but in this case the extra long design is the key message the design is trying to communicate to the readers. I love this type of design, because it makes the challenge of the ocean depth so easily understood.
The JPG image file itself needs to be better treated as a stand-alone infographic. This image was part of a text article, but will be shared in social media without the rest of the article text. It should have it’s own title and footer information like data sources, copyright, the Washington Post logo and the URL to find the original article.