A depiction of the Western Hemisphere geoid. Areas in yellow and orange have a geoid which is comparatively further from the center of the Earth. Image courtesy of the University of Texas Center for Space Research and NASA.
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A depiction of the Western Hemisphere geoid. Areas in yellow and orange have a geoid which is comparatively further from the center of the Earth. Image courtesy of the University of Texas Center for Space Research and NASA.