Solar Wind Interacting with Earth's Magnetic Field

  • Released Friday, December 20, 2019
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A conceptual animation showing solar wind interacting with Earth's magnetic field and causing atmospheric loss at the polar cusps.

A conceptual animation showing solar wind interacting with Earth's magnetic field and causing atmospheric loss within the cusp aurora at the polar cusps.

A conceptual animation showing solar wind interacting with Earth's magnetic field, causing the magnetic field lines to reconnect and causing atmospheric loss within the cusp aurora at the polar cusps.

A conceptual animation showing Earth's polar cusps and the cusp aurora.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

This page was originally published on Friday, December 20, 2019.
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