Computer Simulation of the Interaction of the Solar Wind with Ions in Mars' Upper Atmosphere (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Computer Simulation of the Interaction of the Solar Wind with Ions in Mars' Upper Atmosphere

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Computer simulation of the interaction of the solar wind with electrically charged particles (ions) in Mars' upper atmosphere. The lines represent the paths of individual ions and the colors represent their energy, and show that the polar plume (red) contains the most-energetic ions.

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Credits: X. Fang, University of Colorado, and the MAVEN science team

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