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Aurora and the Magnetic Shield

Interactions
  • Click the Sun's edge: a coronal mass ejection crosses the card, squeezes the magnetopause, stretches the tail until it snaps, and the aurora spreads south
  • Drag the Earth's magnetic axis to tilt it: the field and the auroral oval move, so the curtains rise or sink in the cabin's sky
  • Click a trapped particle: everything else fades and its helix, bounces and drift round the Earth are traced for a few seconds
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