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Weird Wednesday: Magnetic Movement

Did you know that Earth’s Magnetic poles move?

I learned that as a teenager as I flipped through the World Book Encyclopedia volume N. And then I forgot about it for a while since I wasn’t using my compass for navigation as much.

When was the last time I used a compass? Probably around 2010 during an orienteering race where runners navigate using a topographical map and compass to a number of checkpoints before crossing the finish line. These races are usually held in parks and forested areas.

Now had I been in that same race in 1850, my compass bearings would be slightly different but negligible due to the small distances I would have been racing.

According to science, both magnetic poles travel an elliptical path and will eventually…well, that’s a closely guarded secret. Not really. They will return to approximate place of discovery.

Eventually.

Unless the North and South poles flip which last happened about 1 million years ago.

But that’s another story.

South magnetic pole:

-Leon

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/