Beautiful Mapping

Flying Carpet [2005] by Seyed Alavi.
Wool and Nylon.

Or a 'Flying Carpet'... presented by the iranian author as a site specific Public Art Project for the Sacramento International Airport:

[...] An aerial view of the Sacramento River that is woven into a carpet for the floor of a pedestrian bridge [...] recalling the experience of flight and flying [...] reinforcing a sense of belonging and/or connection for the traveller [...].

Via Pruned - [comments on politically charged mapping here!]