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Global Image of Earth's Plasmasphere

 

ultraviolet image of plasmasphere

Ultraviolet image of sunlight scattered from the Earth's extended atmosphere of helium using the Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) satellite.

Reported at the American Geophysical Union meeting in Washington, DC.