Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World
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Figure 1: A diagram of some of the main components of the heliosphere. (Courtesy - NASA Interstellar Probe)
This image appears in the Technology Through Time article, #62: "Where is the heliopause?".
Space Weather Fact
During a severe solar storm, Earth loses about 100 tons of its atmosphere into space.
