File talk:Earth plasmasphere in EUV.jpg

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This is not an image of the Earth's magnetic tail. It is instead an image in 30.4nm solar light scattered from He+ ions in the terrestrial plasmasphere. The image was obtained by the IMAGE spacecraft Extreme Ultraviolet instrument.

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