Earth (IMAGE)

University of Liverpool

Earth

Caption

A map of the Earth showing the present-day deviation from expected magnetic field direction. Strong deviations are in yellow-orange, and little deviations are in blue. The star is Saint Helena, which is right in the anomaly. The grey line shows the outline of the seismic area that is warmer than the rest of the mantle.

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Dr YAEL Engbers, University of Liverpool

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