This is an artist's rendering of solar wind coming towards the Earth and its magnetosphere.
NASA.

This is an artist's rendering of solar wind coming towards the Earth and its magnetosphere.
NASA.

This is an artist's rendering of solar wind coming towards the Earth and its magnetosphere.
NASA.

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