The Launch Properties 2023
Visible Currants and The Circle of Life
Artist Deirdre Murphy was commissioned to create the Circle of Life and Visible Currents which depict native birds and fish of the San Francisco Bay and the Oakland Estuary. The topographic terrain of the San Francisco Bay floor and the Milky Way are melded together with the indigenous migratory Chinook Salmon and the California Least Tern shore birds. Murphy used scientific data visualization to explore how species navigate via the constellations to find their way home, just like sailors use the Milky Way.
Photo credits: Jaime Alvarez and The Launch
