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roswtf is initialized as an 'anonymous' node. Which is why it's node name has a unique number attached for each launch so that the node name will not collide with any other instances.

See the anonymous initialization option at http://wiki.ros.org/rospy/Overview/Initialization%20and%20Shutdown

It subscribes to /tf and you are not visualizing new topics but new edges in the graph.