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Solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere
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- a-sol99-00006
- Date
- 2009-07-18
Diagram illustrating the solar wind (blue arrows) around the Earth's magnetosphere. Magnetosphere forms a shield that protects the Earth from the radiation of the solar wind. Some of the particles entering the magnetosphere, following magnetic field lines to the poles, are forming auroras.
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