Earth  ID: 20066

Cutaway View of the Earth's Radiation Belts

Animations by Walt Feimer Released on May 5, 2005
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Energetic electrons and ions can get trapped in the Earth's geomagnetic field forming a toroidal region around the planet known as the radiation belts.

Animation Credits

Walt Feimer (HTSI): Lead Animator
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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This item is part of this series:
Halloween 2003 Solar Storms Revisited

Keywords:
SVS >> Earth
SVS >> Geomagnetic Field
DLESE >> Space science
SVS >> Radiation Belts
NASA Science >> Earth