17 jaw-dropping infographics and data visualizations

In researching yesterday's feature on the rise of infographics I was lucky enough to comb through hundreds of them. Here are 17 of my favorites. To view the entire image be sure to click on it.

By Greg M. Dizzia - A History of my relationships

By Mike Wirth - A look at the orgins of our flag and thus, our country.

By Mark Campos - How to crack a Master lock. Instructions by Lifehacker

 By The New York Times - How people spend their day (Interactive, please click through)

By Information Architechs - Web Trends Map 4, plotting popular Internet brands over the Tolyo subway map and organziing them accroding to influence and industry.

By David McCandless and Stefanie Posave -  Left vs. Right, Dividing the two sides of poltical discourse.

 Breathing Earth - The planet in real-time (Interactive, click through)

 By the Joint Research Centre - The most remote places on Earth

By National Geographic - 50 years of space exploration.

 By InfoJocks - A graphic history of the World Series.

 By GOOD magazine - The Great Pacfic Garbage Patch

By Information is Beautiful - Who Rules The Social Web

By Information is Beautiful - Twitter Stats

By ~mibi - Death and Taxes. A comprehensive breakdown of our non-descritionary Federal spending.

By Geekstir - Movie Monster Size Comparison

By SquidSpot - The periodic table of typefaces.

By Time Magazine - Where We Live.