From evidence to explanation
Nightingale's observations and Apollo 11 archive media, with every local resource included.
Take it apart
Download the Rich Markdown source and the data below into one folder. Each report keeps its own observations and source notes.
Credits
Source: Nightingale’s mortality record, April–June 1854; each displayed annualized rate sums the causes for that month.
Source: Florence Nightingale’s Crimean War mortality record, via HistData. The displayed rates sum preventable disease, wounds and other causes in each of the first three months. They are annualized rates, not monthly death counts. The April metric is authored from the same observations.
The NASA audio collection supplies the recording; the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal video library supplies the film and its public-domain notice. The silent film excerpt starts 37 seconds into a11.v1092338.mov; its original soundtrack is omitted. Captions describe the silent scene; the audio player has its own transcript.