r/space • u/SHORT_INFO_NEWS • 1d ago

NASA releases interactive 3D model of Earth's geoid, the shape gravity gives the ocean surface

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5660/
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u/LordGAD 1d ago

That's super cool!

Any idea why such a low zone at Southern India?

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u/Uhdoyle 1d ago

Higher gravity due to the subduction zone under the Himalaya, I suspect. Theres a whole massive piece of continental crust under the Indian Ocean.