Van Allen Belts and ELFIN (illustration) (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Van Allen Belts and ELFIN (illustration)

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An artist's depiction of the Van Allen Belts, showing Earth's magnetic field lines and the trajectories of charged particles trapped by them. The twin ELFIN spacecraft are shown following their inclined polar orbit, traced in yellow.

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UCLA EPSS/NASA SVS

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