Magnetic field lines can be made visible

Iron filings, magnetic viewing film  or ferrofluid can all make magnetic field lines visible.  Isolated readings can be also taken with gauss meters. Sure there are some nice computer graphics of predicted fields and the earth’s fields. But what about around other places such as large irregular magnets or even the earth’s magnetic field lines in your back yard for example?
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