Artist's impression of Earth's bow shock and magnetosphere
![](https://cdn.sci.esa.int/documents/34817/35562/1567217107209-Cluster_BowShock_B_410.jpg)
Date: 15 November 2011
Satellite: Cluster
Depicts: Artist's impression of Earth's bow shock and magnetosphere
Copyright: ESA/AOES Medialab
This artist's impression shows Earth's bow shock, a standing shock wave that forms when the solar wind encounters the magnetosphere of our planet.
Last Update: 1 September 2019