IMAGE/HENA Views Oxygen in the Magnetosphere (Rainbow Version)

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IMAGE/HENA observes the oxygen ions, expelled from the Earth's atmosphere by the solar wind, return to the polar regions via the magnetic field.

Movie of IMAGE-HENA data using a rainbow color table for oxygen intensity.

A view of the oxygen atom flux near the Earths poles at low intensity.

A view of the oxygen atom flux near the Earths poles at low intensity.

A view of the oxygen atom flux near the Earths poles at high intensity.

A view of the oxygen atom flux near the Earths poles at high intensity.

Another view of the oxygen atom flux near the Earths poles at high intensity.

Another view of the oxygen atom flux near the Earths poles at high intensity.

Yet another view of the oxygen atom flux near the Earths poles at high intensity.

Yet another view of the oxygen atom flux near the Earths poles at high intensity.

Video slate image reads "IMAGE/HENA views Oxygen in the Magnetosphere (rainbow version)IMAGE/HENA observes the oxygen ions, expelled from the Earth's atmosphere by the solar wind, return to the polar regions via the magnetic field.".

Video slate image reads "IMAGE/HENA views Oxygen in the Magnetosphere (rainbow version)

IMAGE/HENA observes the oxygen ions, expelled from the Earth's atmosphere by the solar wind, return to the polar regions via the magnetic field.".

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See http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/magnetosphere_20020509/index.html

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This page was originally published on Thursday, May 9, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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Fuselier, S. A., H. L. Collin, A. G. Ghielmetti, E. S. Claflin, T. E. Moore, M. R. Collier, H. Frey, and S. B. Mende, Localized ion outflow in response to a solar wind pressure pulse, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002.

Fuselier, S. A., H. L. Collin, A. G. Ghielmetti, E. S. Claflin, T. E. Moore, M. R. Collier, H. Frey, and S. B. Mende, Localized ion outflow in response to a solar wind pressure pulse, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002.

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