It's kind of pretty but mostly meaningless without explanation. Take for instance 1955, a year in which both poles are orange with red blotches and the rest of the globe is blue with an orange tint. What does that mean? Clearly the poles were not warmer than the equator. This must be comparing temperatures to some sort of average or baseline - which was...what?
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