Marco Hernandez

Late on March 2026 I published the first piece about the latest NASA’s mission to the moon.

More than a decade ago, I bought a series of magazines by this German designer that were a great inspiration in my career.

This year I’ve found a lot of inspiration in various forms.

For the past few years, I’ve celebrated December by reflecting on what I saw, what I shared, the places I was invited to, and what I created throughout the year.

Every November map makers from all over the world join the challenge to create maps from a common thematic.

I’ve reported on different aspects of the war in Ukraine since I joined the New York Times.

In November 2024 I launched a new website to put into a single place all the stuff on which I spent my time at work and in parallel activities like sketching things or mapping for fun.

A while ago I started to look at the API of a company that does high res aerial imagery overlapped with FEMA’s damage reports.

We’re leaving another year behind, and as usual, I like to close it with a summary of what I’ve seen, shared and created during the last year, so here we go: ––––––– :::: ::::: ––––––– January: Santa’s surprise visit 2024 started slowly for me.

In June 2022, with a very basic understanding of the SAR technology, I started to use Sentinel-1 data to report on the progression of damage in Ukraine.