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Doloresz Katanich

The 'geoid': Why NASA’s gravity model makes Earth look like a potato

Gravity does not pull equally across the Earth and that has a visible impact on the shape of our planet.

This summer, NASA released an eye-catching visualisation reflecting these differences across Earth.

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