Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities
Date: 28 April 2005
Satellite: Cluster
Depicts: 3D view of the Earth's magnetosphere
Copyright: Kentaro Tanaka, Tokyo Institute of Technology
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Three-dimensional (3D) cutaway view of Earth's magnetosphere, showing signatures of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) with KH vortices at the duskside magnetopause.
Last Update: 1 September 2019