  Using the renormalization group motivated smoothing technique, the large
scale structure of lattice configurations at finite temperature is
characterized in terms of Abelian monopoles identified in the maximally
Abelian, the Laplacian Abelian, and the Polyakov gauge. Abundance and
anisotropy of monopoles at deconfinement and gauge invariant properties like
local non-Abelian action and topological density are studied. Monopoles are
predominantly found in regions of large action and topological charge, rather
independent of the chosen gauge.
