Comparisons of small multiples is the next entry in Tufte’s Envisioning Information and it is all about how we can see things all at once “Small Multiples reveal, all at once, a scope of alternatives, a range of options” (Tufte, 1990, p.68).

Small multiples are usually used to “display many variables with less risk of confusing your audience” because “The reader can quickly read an individual chart and apply this as they scan the rest”  (Gemignani and Gemignani, 2021). Looking at various environmental articles it seems that fire can breathe new life and destroy all life depending on how it is used however its in how fire grows where we can see small multiples and small multiples appear in nature very often but mostly blend into the background.

Fire grows quickly and in an environment teeming with plenty of fuel such as wood it grows even quicker for animation this might be advantageous as it won’t need as much fine-tuning to make it a real-looking type of fire such as this image. (Realistic Flame, 2021).