Data from MMS Showing the Shock (Animated GIF) (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Data from MMS Showing the Shock (Animated GIF)

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Data from the Fast Plasma Investigation aboard MMS shows the shock and reflected ions as they washed over MMS. The colors represent the amount of ions seen with warmer colors indicating higher numbers of ions. The reflected ions (yellow band that appears just above the middle of the figure) show up midway through the animation, and can be seen increasing in intensity (warmer colors) as they pass MMS, shown as a white dot.

View animated GIF: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/mms3.gif

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Ian Cohen

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