IMAGE/LENA Observes Oxygen Atoms in the near-Earth Environment

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Electrically charged oxygen atoms (green) are ejected into the magnetosphere due to heating in the ionosphere. The red 'thermometer' displays the intensity of the solar wind (dynamic pressure) measured by the Geotail spacecraft. The yellow 'thermometer' represents the source intensity or hydrogen counts as measured by IMAGE/LENA.

IMAGE-LENA data, oxygen atoms in the near-Earth environment, projected over the Earth.

Oxygen atoms (green) blowing off from the Earths atmosphere.

Oxygen atoms (green) blowing off from the Earths atmosphere.

The oxygen flux increases with the source intensity.

The oxygen flux increases with the source intensity.

Video slate image reads "IMAGE/LENA Observes Oxygen Atoms in the near-Earth Environment. Electrically charged oxygen atoms (green) are ejected into the magnetosphere due to heating in the ionosphere. The red 'thermometer' displays the intensity of the solar wind (dynamic pressure) measured by the Geotail spacecraft. The yellow 'thermometer' represents the source intensity or hydrogen counts as measured by IMAGE/LENA.".

Video slate image reads "IMAGE/LENA Observes Oxygen Atoms in the near-Earth Environment. Electrically charged oxygen atoms (green) are ejected into the magnetosphere due to heating in the ionosphere. The red 'thermometer' displays the intensity of the solar wind (dynamic pressure) measured by the Geotail spacecraft. The yellow 'thermometer' represents the source intensity or hydrogen counts as measured by IMAGE/LENA.".

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This page was originally published on Thursday, May 9, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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Fuselier, S. A., H. L. Collin, A. G. Ghielmetti, E. S. Claflin, T. E. Moore, M. R. Collier, H. Frey, and S. B. Mende, Localized ion outflow in response to a solar wind pressure pulse, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002.

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