This exaggerated model shows how unevenly Earth's mass is distributed.



http://www.astronomy.com/Utilities/get_galleryfile.asp?idOLG={2F4F1B7A-05A0-42EF-94A6-3807533485DE}1

Okee dokee.....

Is someone drinking the Earth through a straw?

Can you explain whats going on here Q?

I would have suspected that all the fat Americans would be making the earth tilt towards them, not the fit and trim Asian population.

Oh wait! I took another look and it is America that's weighing the earth down. :bugeye:

Exaggerated map of Earths gravity field.

http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/files/images/hi-res/bumpyearth.jpg

Very interesting, (Q).

Let me make a guess here. The higher portions in the picture represent the area of lighter massed material. Heavier material, being more dense has greater gravity.

While I hadn't thought of it, I guess it makes sense. You can not find metal containing ores just everywhere. I wonder what the more dense masses consist of?

I think I get it now. Wet1, your explaination does make a lot of sense.

Maybe its just the density of the crust? I've noticed it collapses more in the Pacific region where the crust is thinnest

Just a thought