conceptual animation showing electrons traveling down Earth's magnetic field lines (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

conceptual animation showing electrons traveling down Earth's magnetic field lines

Caption

A conceptual animation showing electrons traveling down Earth's magnetic field lines, colliding into particles in in Earth's atmosphere to trigger the aurora.

Credit

Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CILab/Bailee DesRocher

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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