Magnetosphere

Earth’s magnetic field & plasma boundaries, driven by measured solar wind
Visualization — Celestial Dynamics · cosmic-watch.com
Data & models — NOAA SWPC (real-time solar wind & Geospace operational output) · NASA CCMC (BATS-R-US access) · University of Michigan BATS-R-US · Tsyganenko T96 · Shue 1998 & Farris–Russell boundary models.
All science shown here comes from these sources; this tool visualizes their output.
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This visualization is untested on mobile — layout, controls, and the data volumes involved may not work here.

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Settings
Pressure
Bow shock
Plasma flow
Field lines
Camera
Camera · GSM lock
Reference
⇧ drag · export range
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