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Seafloor Features Are Revealed by the Gravity Field

Scientists read the bumps on the ocean surface to understand the shape of the seafloor below.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Seafloor Features Are Revealed by the Gravity Field.

NASA Earth Observatory maps by Joshua Stevens, using data from Sandwell, D. et al. (2014). Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published December 29, 2015
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