Magnetic reconnection in Earth's magnetosphere

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Glowing 'auroral beads' appear strung across the night sky. Here's what creates them.

From Geophysical Research Letters: "The aurora borealis and australis are the visible signatures of interactions between the earth's magnetic field and the solar wind. When the solar wind's magnetic field interacts with the Earth's magnetic field, there can be large fluctuations in its positioning and shape. This paper presents observations from satellites of a very large compression of the magnetic field, resulting in unique ionospheric signatures directly over an All Sky Camera at Kjell Henric

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