Magnetic Earth Map
This is not one of those posts about a cute magnetic shaped like the Earth (or maybe a cute magnet with a map of the Earth, or some variation of that theme). Instead, this is a map of the magnetic fields of the Earth. Compiled from more than 50 years of data, this map
was brought to my attention by the people over at io9. io9 breaks down the map to say that the the Red highlights are stronger magnetic fields and Blue are weaker fields. If we assume that they’re usinga ROYGBIV color scheme for showing strength, then the Yellow represents the stronger side of average while Green represents the weaker side of average, while a Yellow-Green represents exactly average. (But you know where assumptions get us.)
If you want to see the minature veresion of the map they have for sale, check this out.
There’s no evidence of anything truly bizarre at the Burmuda Triangle according to these maps, there are other places with much more substantial plus strength field (larger areas of red) and still others with more regular plus/minus fields (where the tectonic plates have been moving in the Pacific ocean E-by-SE of Australia, the lower left portion of the map above.)
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