Eclipse

"'Eclipse' is a web-based artwork-application by EcoArtTech that alters and corrupts images of United States national and state parks based on the air quality of the nearest city within a 65-mile radius." -- From Turbulence

"After a park is chosen from the pull-down menu . . . 'Eclipse' performs two data-scraping operations: (1) 'Eclipse' searches for images tagged with the park's name from the photo-sharing website flickr.com, and (2) 'Eclipse' data-scrapes the real-time particle pollution data (also known as particulate matter) for the nearest city via airnow.gov, a site that presents air quality conditions for over 300 locations across the United States. Airnow.gov defines particulate matter as 'a complex mixture of extremely small particles and liquid droplets . . . made up of a number of components, including acids (such as nitrates and sulfates), organic chemicals, metals, and soil or dust particles.' The higher the Air Quality Index (AQI) or pollution level for the selected location, the more the park image is corrupted through a set of algorithms that affect color, saturation, and contrast, and that impose intermittent mirroring, deletion, or cropping of the file's data.

'Eclipse' was made possible with funds from The Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust. A warm thanks to Helen Thorington and Jo-Anne Green of Turbulence for their patience and support!" -- From the work's description