Animated illustration of the Fulton-MacPherson operad

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I am finishing to prepare my Peccot Lectures that start next week. I have prepared a small animation to illustrate the Fulton–MacPherson compactification using Blender, and I think it’s relatively neat! I am not a 3D artist, obviously, but (with oral explanations) I think it explains the concept better than drawing on the board, since drawing moving 3D pictures is not an easy task… The animation is available here, and here it is in all its glory: