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Smithsonian: This Magnetic Map Shows Earth as You've Never Seen It Before

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This article discusses a map generated by the European Space Agency's Swarm mission that depicts Earth's magnetic field using satellites to measure magnetism. The map reveals magnetic stripes and magnetic anomalies. The article includes a link to an ESA article on Swarm and one to the World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map, which can be downloaded. Includes video. [1:29] (Published March 21, 2017)

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