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Lightning and the Safe Zone
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Terrestrial lighting may be responsible for the gap between the Earth's radiation belts.

More info at Flashes in the Sky: Lightning Zaps Space Radiation Surrounding Earth

Movie   ID   Title
  10067   Lightning Makes a Safe Zone in the Earth's Radiation Belts
More energetic electrons are cleared out, created a more well-defined gap between the belts.   3115   Gaps in the Earth's Radiation Belts


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