File:WMAP 2008.png

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DescriptionWMAP 2008.png	English: The Cosmic Microwave Background temperature fluctuations from the 5-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe data seen over the full sky. The average temperature is 2.725 kelvins (degrees above absolute zero; absolute zero is equivalent to −273.15 °C or −459 °F), and the colors represent the tiny temperature fluctuations, as in a weather map. Red regions are warmer and blue regions are colder by about 0.0002 degree.
Date	March 2008
Source	NASA / WMAP Science Team
Author	NASA / WMAP Science Team
Other versions	WMAP 2010.png


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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:46, 6 August 2012	4,096 × 2,048 (2.87 MB)	Mike Peel	Reverted to version as of 16:55, 29 April 2008 - horizontal orientation is the standard...
	21:30, 6 August 2012	2,048 × 4,096 (4.99 MB)	Rotatebot	Bot: Image rotated by 90°
	16:55, 29 April 2008	4,096 × 2,048 (2.87 MB)	Time3000~commonswiki	optimise
	08:58, 22 March 2008	4,096 × 2,048 (4.9 MB)	Gmaxwell	{{Information \|Description={{en\|The cosmic microwave temperature fluctuations from the 5-year WMAP data seen over the full sky. The average temperature is 2.725 Kelvin (degrees above absolute zero; equivalent to -270 C or -455 F), and the colors represent