5 Things About Earth’s Radiation Donuts
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- Scientific consulting by:
- C. Alex Young
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- Hosted by:
- Karen Fox
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- Produced by:
- Haley Reed and
- Micheala Sosby
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- Videography:
- John Caldwell and
- Rob Andreoli
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Earth is surrounded by giant, donut-shaped clouds of radiation. These are the Van Allen Belts. The wild particles trapped here can affect our technology and astronauts that pass through this region — so we’ve sent twin spacecraft to study them. Here are five things to know!
Animations by: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Music: Funk the Floor by UltraCat [FMA], Something Elated by Broke For Free [FMA]
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Scientist
- C. Alex Young (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Host
- Karen Fox (ADNET Systems, Inc.) [Lead]
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Producers
- Haley Reed (ADNET Systems, Inc.) [Lead]
- Micheala Sosby (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Courtney A. Lee (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Kaliah Hobbs (GSFC Interns)
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Videographers
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.) [Lead]
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.) [Lead]
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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