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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.


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

Published December 29, 2015
Data acquired 2014

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