Radiation Belts & Plasmapause

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Radiation Belts & Plasmapause
This movie shows how particles move through Earth’s radiation belts, the large donuts around Earth. The sphere in the middle shows a cloud of colder material called the plasmasphere. New research shows that the plasmasphere helps keep fast electrons from the radiation belts away from Earth. Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/Scientific Visualization Studio.