This one wins for "where the Next Cool Geo-Pics will come from" award.
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" When we hear the word topography, most of us think of mountains and valleys on dry land. But the surface of the ocean has topography, too, and the variation in the height of the sea surface from place to place reveals important information about weather, climate, and rising sea level. On June 20, 2008, NASA launched the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason 2 satellite, the latest in a series of U.S./French satellites to collect observations of ocean surface height...."
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18069
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