Braudel's The Mediterranean was made over twenty years, and Braudel's excess is statistical, but he also innovates narratives, his maps are loaded with motion data, sometimes forcing the audience to shift orientation to realize scope and origin. Below, the reader rotates to see.

and distant-looking orbiting and non-orbiting structures

Upon meeting his prime visualizer in 1974, Ralph McQuarrie, George Lucas sketched out three of his known quantities, showcasing that design and writing for his upcoming saga was simultaneous. Knowing these forms' shaping was elemental in describing their conflict in written form.

Bioshock's Rapture locale, soon Columbia.

Local model of the area vaporized in first atomic blast. Only surviving building is green roofed structure upper right. Model is hyper-real (the water seems tropical, buildings lack aging) to offer dramatic contrast to the black-and-white images of the blasted remains.

A 100 meter wide dark hole was discovered by the HIRISE camera on the Martian orbiter. It appears to be a 'bottomless' pit, shielding its contents from the atmosphere's harsh radiation levels.