# NASA Climate Spiral — Global temperature anomalies 1880–2022

A silent, data-driven motion piece that draws 142 years of monthly global temperature anomalies as a growing radial spiral, then tilts the rings into a 3D tower. Colour shifts from white and blue to deep red as the spiral expands.

- Code: MO-0059
- Kind: Motion piece
- Format: Kinetic data film
- Brand: NASA
- Made by: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
- Length: 30.1s · 6 beats · 12 beats/min · 0 hard cuts
- Industry: Data and analytics, Government, Energy and climate
- Style: Data viz, Technical, Minimal, One continuous camera, Slow and deliberate, No voiceover, Dark UI
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtIrFvWoY8E
- Full breakdown: https://cutmap.co/v/nasa-climate-spiral-global-temperature-anomalies-1880-2022

## The breakdown

The full breakdown has eleven sheets: Snapshot, Opening, Structure, Timeline, Rhythm, Look, Movement, Sound & words, Why it works, Production, Build brief. It is available to Cutmap Pro members at https://cutmap.co/v/nasa-climate-spiral-global-temperature-anomalies-1880-2022.