Exploring Reconnection -- Guide Field Off (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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This visualization shows the motion of one electron in the magnetic reconnection region. As the spacecraft approaches the reconnection region, it detects first high-energy particles, then low-energy particles. Download in HD (second video on page): https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4568

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Tom Bridgman

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