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3D Animation of Earth and Space Science Concepts
The Effect of a CME Impact on the Earth's Polar Regions
Shown below is a depiction of the magnetosphere rebound and the
corresponding energy deposit into the earth's magnetic polar regions due to a CME impact.
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| A 15 second, 580 KB QuickTime movie
illustrating how the energy from a CME impact is deposited at the earth's magnetic poles,
starting from the nighttime polar side and spreading around to the daytime side. The
sun is offscreen to the left. |
The dynamic 3D magnetic field shapes were generated by custom Digital Radiance
software that processed magnetic field-line simulation data files provided by NASA
researchers Jim Spann, Dennis Gallagher, and Heather Elliott. The earth's surface, the
clouds, and the stars in the animation are scientifically accurate data. The earth's
surface data is derived from data from the AVHRR satellite, the clouds are derived from
the GOES satellite's visible light channels, and the 1 million+ stars are derived from the
Tycho star catalog.
Click to see other 3D animations we've developed for the NASA
Marshall Spaceflight Center's Science Directorate.
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