This is a strangely wonderful mapping of the earth’s gravity from the Goce Satellite. Reminds me of the clay model earth I made in grade school. According to reports I’ve read, gravity mapping will be useful in understanding sea rise and seismological events such as the recent Japan earthquake.
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