File:True polar wander.jpg

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English: Diagram showing solid-body rotation of the Earth with respect to a stationary spin axis due to true polar wander.
Source http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/staffweb/vtsai/tpw.html
Author Victor C. Tsai
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