Ever wondered what the sharing patterns of a viral online image look like? Well, you're about to find out. Award-winning data-visualisation specialists Stamen Design have used Facebook data to illustrate the explosive power of sharing on social media. Taking three images posted to the social networking site by George Takei , they have produced animations where every time the image is 'shared' by another Facebook user, a new branch appears. The video below shows sharing patterns for ' Marvin the Martian ', while a second and third show patterns for other images shared by Takei. Data was collected between July and September, and covers instances where an image was shared directly from a Facebook user's news feed.Who made this visualisation? Stamen Design Where can I find it? Facebook Stories