Tour of the Magnetosphere

Here we start with a view of the Earth's north magnetic pole. We fade in the field lines as we pull outward and reveal the structure of the magnetosphere structure driven from these field lines.

Close-up view of the Earth showing a few magnetic field lines. One field line passes through Cape Isachsen near the magnetic North pole in Canada and stretches out into the magnetotail.

About half-way through the pull-back from the Earth, we can distinguish some of the dipole character of the magnetic field.

Now we see a big picture view, showing many field lines in the magnetotail.

Display the >8.6 particles-cm^3 isosurface

Now the >17 particles-cm^3 (red) and >12 particles-cm^3 (yellow) isosurfaces are visible.

Finally show the low-density (<1.0 particle-cm^3) region designated by blue.

A brief flight through the magnetotail

A brief flight through the magnetotail

A brief flight through the magnetotail

Video slate image reads "Tour of the Magnetosphere Tour of the Earth's magnetosphere generated for 'Live from the Aurora'. This viz pulls out from the Earth and fades in components of the magnetosphere".