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On Earth, and on Jupiter as well, the magnetic poles are located at the northern and southern extremes of both planets. For us Earthlings, that fact gives us the shimmering colored curtains of the aurora borealis, the northern lights -- and the southern lights, too, for those living in the far Southern Hemisphere.
But the two instruments aboard Cassini that are measuring the size, the strength and the shape of Saturn's magnetic field have confirmed that the field is aligned with Saturn's axis of rotation. Its poles are located on either side of the planet's equator, instead of at the northern and southern extremes.

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Earth's Magnetic Field Weakens 10 Percent (and some other stuff)
Yahoo News | 12/12/03 | Andrew Bridges - AP
Posted on 12/12/2003 6:26:01 PM PST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1039487/posts

Earth's magnetic poles on verge of flipping
World Net Daily | December 12, 2003
Posted on 12/13/2003 8:38:30 PM PST by gitmo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1039977/posts

Pole reversal: Feared "flip" of Earth's magnetic field takes 7,000 years [DOOM!]
Agence France-Presse | April 7, 2004 | AFP
Posted on 04/07/2004 9:13:52 PM PDT by AntiGuv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1113501/posts

NYT: COLLAPSE OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD ACCELERATES (Via Drudge)
Drudge Report | 7/12/04 | Drudge
Posted on 07/12/2004 4:05:31 PM PDT by mkj6080
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1170023/posts

Collapse of Magnetic Field Accelerates
New York Times... | 7/12/04
Posted on 07/12/2004 7:44:32 PM PDT by Cheetah1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1170131/posts