Proton Aurora
This animation shows a magnetic reconnection event with proton aurora data from the IMAGE spacecraft.
Proton aurora animation
Solar Wind
Reconnection
Field Lines
IMAGE spacecraft
CLUSTER spacecraft
Reconnection 2
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animator
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
Missions
This page is related to the following missions:Series
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[Cluster]
ID: 10This dataset can be found at: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=8
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[IMAGE]
ID: 40The IMAGE spacecraft monitors the near-Earth environment.
This dataset can be found at: http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Note: While we identify the data sets used on this page, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, February 12, 2007.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.