Watch Earth’s Magnetic Field Flip Flop | Video

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 16:30 in Astronomy & Space

This animation of a compass shows the direction of the Earth's magnetic field at the Black Sea during the reversal of the field 47,000 to 39,400 years ago. One second in the animation represents 100 years.

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