Leaky Radiation Belts (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Since their discovery at the dawn of the Space Age, Earth's radiation belts continue to reveal new complex structures and behaviors. This visualization shows how the radiation belts change in response to the injection of electrons from a storm in late June 2015. Red colors indicate higher numbers of electrons.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Tom Bridgman

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