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Solar wind buffets Earth's magnetic field

author: ESA/Novapix

reference: a-sol99-00004

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 21 cm

A wind of particles from the Sun called the solar wind buffets the blue funnel-shaped magnetosphere around the Earth.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - ILLUSTRATION - MAGNETIC FIELD - MAGNETOSPHERE - PLANET - SOLAR FLARE - SOLAR WIND - STAR - SUN - VAN ALLEN -