5 Things About Earth’s Radiation Donuts
5 Things About Earth’s Radiation Donuts
Earth is surrounded by giant, donut-shaped clouds of radiation. These are the Van Allen Belts. The wild particles trapped here can affect our technology and astronauts that pass through this region — so we’ve sent twin spacecraft to study them. Here are five things to know!
Animations by: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Music: Funk the Floor by UltraCat [FMA], Something Elated by Broke For Free [FMA]
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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Producers
- Haley Reed (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Micheala Sosby (NASA/GSFC)
- Courtney A Lee (NASA/GSFC Higher Education)
- Kaliah Hobbs (GSFC Interns)
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Scientist
- C. Alex Young (NASA/GSFC)
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Host
- Karen Fox (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Videographers
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:46 PM EDT.
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