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Breach in the Bowshock


Movie   ID   Title
NASA's THEMIS mission has overturned a longstanding belief about the interaction between solar particles and Earth's protective magnetic field. This new discovery could help scientists predict when the solar storms that can disrupt power grids, satellites and even GPS signals, could be especially severe.<p>For more information: www.nasa.gov/themis<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010356/THEMIS_script_12-11.htm'>here</a>.   10356   THEMIS Discovers Biggest Breach of Earth's Magnetosphere
Reconnection animation   10355   THEMIS discovers biggest breach of Earth's solar storm shield
The movie zooms up to the Earth from the direction of the magnetotail to view the orbits of the THEMIS satellites in their dayside orbital configuration.   3569   THEMIS Dayside Science - Sampling the Bow Shock


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