... or this chic.
Posted on 03/24/2026 12:16:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Is gravity the same over the surface of the Earth? No -- in some places you will feel slightly heavier than others. The featured Earth map video shows in colors and exaggerated highs and lows where the gravitational field of Earth is relatively strong and weak. A low spot, where you would feel slightly lighter, can be seen just off the coast of India, in blue, while a relative high occurs in the mountains of Chile in South America. The cause of these irregularities does not always follow present surface features. Scientists hypothesize that other important factors lie in deep underground structures in Earth's mantle and may be related to the Earth's appearance in the distant past. The featured map was composed from data taken by NASA's twin GRACE satellites that orbited the Earth from 2002 to 2017. GRACE mapped Earth's gravity by carefully tracking tiny changes in the distance between the two satellites.
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The map shows that the gravitational field is distorted when you stand next to Stacey Abrams.
Seems like many of the high-gravity areas correspond with volcanic activity
I’m not overweight, gravity is just stronger in my location.
this map totally explains my missed golf puts in Michigan...
It's just because she's so dense.
My wife claimed that I shrunk an inch and a half. I told her the gravity is just stronger where we now live.
I noticed that it’s heaviest where there are volcanoes (and obviously mountains).
Doesn’t this conflict with Einstein’s view of “space-time” causing gravity?
Looks like I’m OK where I’m at.
Right,I knew this because guided missiles need to take into consideration the different forces along a flight path. In fact an accurate digital gravity map would be classified.
Is it possible there are huge heavy metal deposits,like lead, that distort gravity in their locations? ... “Density and Gravity: Why Compact Matter Pulls Stronger Than Mass Alone
What I was curious about is the magnitude of those differences. For anyone else interested, from Wikipedia:
“Gravity on the Earth’s surface varies by around 0.7%, from 9.7639 m/s2 on the Nevado Huascarán mountain in Peru to 9.8337 m/s2 at the surface of the Arctic Ocean.”
My man cave is in a high-gravity zone. When I sit down in my recliner, I can’t get back up again without help.
... or this chic.
Here is how I have known for quite a while that gravity is steadily increasing:
1. I can’t jump as high as I used to.
2. I can’t lift things I used to.
3. When I fall down, I hit harder and it hurts more.
4. (this is the scientifically measurable part) When I step on the scale, it reads higher than it used to.
Proof enough for me!
Well women also tend to date men that are larger than them, so she has yet another dilemma. Not too many can meet that requirement in her condition.
Rock has more mass/volume than water and deep volcanic rock is more dense than surface rock. You can really see this in the Hawaiian Islands.
“So it’s NOT that dress making you look fat.”
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