Illustration of Standing Waves Generation (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Illustration of Standing Waves Generation

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Illustration of a plasma jet impact (yellow) generating standing waves at the boundary (blue) of Earth's magnetic shield (green).

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E. Masongsong/UCLA, M. Archer/QMUL, H. Hietala/UTU

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