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Description	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 Kelvin (degrees above absolute zero; 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 degrees.
Source	NASA / WMAP Science Team
Date	March 2008
Author	NASA / WMAP Science Team
Permission (Reusing this image)	see below

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current	16:55, 29 April 2008	4,096×2,048 (2.87 MB)	Time3000	(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)