IMAGE and Cluster View Magnetic Reconnection

  • Released Friday, December 3, 2004
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The IMAGE and Cluster spacecraft were ideally positioned in their orbits to view the reconnection event which led to the proton aurora formation.

Movie showing IMAGE and Cluster in position for the event.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

This page was originally published on Friday, December 3, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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