Artist's Concept of the Van Allen Radiation Belts Surrounding Earth (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Artist's Concept of the Van Allen Radiation Belts Surrounding Earth

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This is an artist's concept of the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding Earth. The blue, concentric shells represent the inner and outer belts. They completely encircle Earth, but have been cut away in this image to show detail.

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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio/Walt Feimer

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