IMAGE/HENA views Oxygen in the Magnetosphere (blue version)
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IMAGE/HENA observes the oxygen ions, expelled from the Earth's atmosphere by the solar wind, return to the polar regions via the magnetic field.
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Movie of IMAGE-HENA data using a blue color table for oxygen intensity.
Duration: 9.0 seconds
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The polar regions begin to brighten due to increased influx of oxygen atoms onto the upper atmosphere.
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The polar regions at their brightest due to the increase oxygen flux.
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Another moment of increased oxygen bombardment on the upper atmosphere.
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The oxygen cloud still surrounds the Earth.
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Yet another moment of increased oxygen bombardment on the upper atmosphere.
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| Animation Number: | 2445 |
| Animator: | Tom Bridgman (SVS) (Lead) |
| Completed: | 2002-05-02 |
| Scientists: | Donald Mitchell (Johns Hopkins University/APL) |
| | Pontus C. Brandt (Johns Hopkins University/APL) |
| Writer: | William Steigerwald (NASA/GSFC) |
| Instrument: | IMAGE/HENA |
| Data Collected: | 2001-11-05T18:06 - 2001-11-06T23:45 |
| Series: | IMAGE and Neutral Atoms |
| Video: | SVS2002-0010 * |
Keywords:
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>> Aurora
SVS
>> Earth
DLESE
>> Geophysics
SVS
>> Magnetosphere
SVS
>> Oxygen
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>> Solar Wind
DLESE
>> Space science
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More Information on this topic available at:
stories/magnetosphere_20020509/index.html
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| Science paper: | Fuselier, S. A., H. L. Collin, A. G. Ghielmetti, E. S. Claflin, T. E. Moore,
M. R. Collier, H. Frey, and S. B. Mende, Localized ion outflow in response
to a solar wind pressure pulse, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2002. |
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Please give credit for this item to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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