Magnetic Reconnection 2

  • Released Friday, April 6, 2007
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This is an update to an older magnetic reconnection animation (10072). The ionized wind from the Sun generates reconnection in the Earth's magnetic field. Particles leak in from the rediation belts producing the auroras.

3-D Anaglyph Reconnection animation

Left Camera

Right Camera

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Conceptual Image Lab

This page was originally published on Friday, April 6, 2007.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.