Depiction of Magnetic Reconnection (Animated GIF) (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Depiction of Magnetic Reconnection (Animated GIF)

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In its second phase, NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission -- MMS -- is watching magnetic reconnection in action behind Earth, as shown here by the tangled blue and red magnetic field lines. View animated GIF: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/mms_wide.gif

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Patricia Reiff/NASA Goddard/Joy Ng

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