diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/dataset-list-item.tsx b/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/dataset-list-item.tsx
index a5805e264..ecc3d7f17 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/dataset-list-item.tsx
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/dataset-list-item.tsx
@@ -367,14 +367,20 @@ function DatasetTrack(props: DatasetTrackProps) {
     });
   }, [xScaled, dataset]);
 
+  const blocks = lumpBlocks({
+    domain: domainToRender,
+    xScaled,
+    timeDensity: dataset.data.timeDensity
+  });
+
   return (
     <svg width={width} height={DATASET_TRACK_BLOCK_HEIGHT}>
-      {domainToRender.map((date) => (
+      {blocks.map(([blockStart, blockEnd]) => (
         <DatasetTrackBlock
-          key={date.getTime()}
+          key={blockStart.getTime()}
           xScaled={xScaled}
-          date={date}
-          dataset={dataset}
+          startDate={blockStart}
+          endDate={blockEnd}
           isVisible={isVisible}
         />
       ))}
@@ -382,36 +388,74 @@ function DatasetTrack(props: DatasetTrackProps) {
   );
 }
 
+function lumpBlocks({ domain, xScaled, timeDensity }) {
+  const MIIIIN = 4;
+
+  // How big would a block be?
+  const [start, end] = getBlockBoundaries(domain[0], timeDensity);
+
+  const blockWidth = xScaled(end) - xScaled(start);
+
+  if (blockWidth >= MIIIIN) {
+    return domain.map((d) => getBlockBoundaries(d, timeDensity));
+  }
+
+  let blocks: Date[][] = [];
+  let startBoundary = start;
+  let endBoundary = end;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < domain.length; i++) {
+    if (i === domain.length - 1) {
+      blocks = [...blocks, [startBoundary, endBoundary]];
+      break;
+    }
+
+    const nextDate = domain[i + 1];
+    const [startNext, endNext] = getBlockBoundaries(nextDate, timeDensity);
+
+    // Distance between the end of the current block and the start of the next.
+    const distance = xScaled(startNext) - xScaled(endBoundary);
+
+    if (distance < MIIIIN / 2) {
+      endBoundary = endNext;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    blocks = [...blocks, [startBoundary, endBoundary]];
+    startBoundary = startNext;
+    endBoundary = endNext;
+  }
+
+  return blocks;
+}
+
 interface DatasetTrackBlockProps {
   xScaled: ScaleTime<number, number>;
-  date: Date;
-  dataset: TimelineDatasetSuccess;
+  startDate: Date;
+  endDate: Date;
   isVisible: boolean;
 }
 
 function DatasetTrackBlock(props: DatasetTrackBlockProps) {
-  const { xScaled, date, dataset, isVisible } = props;
+  const { xScaled, startDate, endDate, isVisible } = props;
 
   const theme = useTheme();
 
-  const [start, end] = getBlockBoundaries(date, dataset.data.timeDensity);
-  const s = xScaled(start);
-  const e = xScaled(end);
+  const s = xScaled(startDate);
+  const e = xScaled(endDate);
 
   const fill = isVisible
     ? theme.color?.['base-400']
     : theme.color?.['base-200'];
 
   return (
-    <React.Fragment key={date.getTime()}>
-      <rect
-        fill={fill}
-        y={0}
-        height={DATASET_TRACK_BLOCK_HEIGHT}
-        x={s}
-        width={e - s}
-        rx={4}
-      />
-    </React.Fragment>
+    <rect
+      fill={fill}
+      y={0}
+      height={DATASET_TRACK_BLOCK_HEIGHT}
+      x={s}
+      width={e - s}
+      rx={4}
+    />
   );
 }
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/datasets-mock.tsx b/app/scripts/components/exploration/datasets-mock.tsx
index b8f28a53c..11b096f3c 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/datasets-mock.tsx
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/datasets-mock.tsx
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ function makeDataset(
   analysis = makeAnalysis({}, {})
 ) {
   return {
+    mocked: true,
     status,
     data,
     error: status === TimelineDatasetStatus.ERROR ? new Error('Mock error') : null,
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/hooks/scales-hooks.ts b/app/scripts/components/exploration/hooks/scales-hooks.ts
index 164da9643..c004ccbc6 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/hooks/scales-hooks.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/hooks/scales-hooks.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ export function useScaleFactors() {
     const domainDays = differenceInCalendarDays(dataDomain[1], dataDomain[0]);
 
     return {
-      k0: Math.max(1, DAY_SIZE_MIN / (contentWidth / domainDays)),
+      // k0: Math.max(1, DAY_SIZE_MIN / (contentWidth / domainDays)),
+      k0: 1,
       k1: DAY_SIZE_MAX / (contentWidth / domainDays)
     };
   }, [contentWidth, dataDomain]);
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/hooks/use-stac-metadata-datasets.ts b/app/scripts/components/exploration/hooks/use-stac-metadata-datasets.ts
index 8e038e0ca..2d5ffa008 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/hooks/use-stac-metadata-datasets.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/hooks/use-stac-metadata-datasets.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ export function useStacMetadataOnDatasets() {
   const [datasets, setDatasets] = useAtom(timelineDatasetsAtom);
 
   const datasetsQueryData = useQueries({
-    queries: datasets.map((dataset) => makeQueryObject(dataset))
+    queries: datasets
+      .filter((d) => !(d as any).mocked)
+      .map((dataset) => makeQueryObject(dataset))
   });
 
   useEffectPrevious<[typeof datasetsQueryData, TimelineDataset[]]>(
@@ -143,28 +145,33 @@ export function useStacMetadataOnDatasets() {
       const prevQueryData = prev[0];
       if (!prevQueryData) return;
 
-      const { changed, data: updatedDatasets } = datasets.reduce<{
-        changed: boolean;
-        data: TimelineDataset[];
-      }>(
-        (acc, dataset, idx) => {
-          const curr = datasetsQueryData[idx];
-
-          if (didDataChange(curr, prevQueryData[idx])) {
-            // Changed
-            return {
-              changed: true,
-              data: [...acc.data, reconcileQueryDataWithDataset(curr, dataset)]
-            };
-          } else {
-            return {
-              ...acc,
-              data: [...acc.data, dataset]
-            };
-          }
-        },
-        { changed: false, data: [] }
-      );
+      const { changed, data: updatedDatasets } = datasets
+        .filter((d) => !(d as any).mocked)
+        .reduce<{
+          changed: boolean;
+          data: TimelineDataset[];
+        }>(
+          (acc, dataset, idx) => {
+            const curr = datasetsQueryData[idx];
+
+            if (didDataChange(curr, prevQueryData[idx])) {
+              // Changed
+              return {
+                changed: true,
+                data: [
+                  ...acc.data,
+                  reconcileQueryDataWithDataset(curr, dataset)
+                ]
+              };
+            } else {
+              return {
+                ...acc,
+                data: [...acc.data, dataset]
+              };
+            }
+          },
+          { changed: false, data: [] }
+        );
 
       if (changed as boolean) {
         setDatasets(updatedDatasets);