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The Earth's plasma sphere (magnetosphere) as imaged by the Ibex satellite, August, 2010

 

 

ibex earth's magnetosphere

Diagram from data by Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, August 2010.

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/objects/images/ibex-enas.jpg