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    Solar wind and Mars' atmosphere

    Date: 25 Feb 2009
    Copyright: ESA

    Animation showing the interaction between the solar wind and Mars' atmosphere. The boundary region, or bowshock, is illustrated in blue and the atmospheric escape is visualised in yellow, towards the right. The strength of the solar wind, coming in from the left, is varying.


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