Satellite Maps Earth's Ocean Depths

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Ocean Topography

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Much of what lies on the seafloor remains a mystery. NASA is fixing that.

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New data from a NASA -led satellite is helping to change that, providing one of the most detailed maps of the bottom of the world's oceans ever created.

The SWOT satellite, short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography , is a collaboration between NASA and its French counterpart, the Centre National d'Études Spatiales .

The new map has a resolution of about 5 miles , meaning scientists are detecting things that eluded them in the past, such as volcanoes and previously unknown geological discoveries.

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