Tom Bridgman, Greg Shirah, Dan Spicer, NASA GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA/GSFC
Spacecraft (green trajectory) on their way from the Earth (blue orbit) to Mars (red orbit) risk being hit by energetic events from the Sun, such as X-rays, energetic protons (blue streaks), and material from Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) (red blobs). The spiral lines from the Sun represent the magnetic field lines frozen into the solar wind.
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Subject: Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16) Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Planetary ScienceKeywords: Mars, Earth, Sun, Coronal Mass Ejection, X-ray, HDTV
