Solar Wind and Earth (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Solar Wind and Earth

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This conceptual image shows the solar wind interacting with Earth's magnetic field, causing the magnetic field lines to reconnect and resulting in atmospheric loss within the aurora at the polar cusps.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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