Schematic of the Van Allen Belts (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Schematic of the Van Allen Belts

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This schematic of the Van Allen belts' structure, shows the region of the structured diffuse aurora and the outer edge of the Van Allen belts that it maps.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/ Historic image of Van Allen Belts courtesy of NASA's Langley Research Center/ Nithin Sivadas

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