It's a video : http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/07/21/silk-road/assets/media/loading_970.mp4 http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/07/21/

It's a video : http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/07/21/silk-road/assets/media/loading_970.mp4 http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/07/21/silk-ro... I have to give them kudos on the JS implementation, it's really smooth.