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  • Magnetosphere

    5 monthes ago - By Rob Rey Art

    This new painting from an earlier study will be coming with me to the IX art show, Oct 19-23!
    In addition to the beneficial warmth and light we receive daily, our sun expels a constant wave of dangerous charged particles called the solar wind. When solar storms occur, flares and coronal mass ejections can be thrown our way at speeds of millions of kilometers per hour. Luckily, movements within earths molten metal core generate a protective magnetic shield around our home planet. Without our magnetosphere to protect us, the solar wind may have long ago stripped away our atmosphere, leaving...
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