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DescriptionSolar wind flow.gif	English: The solar wind flows around Earth's protective magnetic field, or magnetosphere.
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Source	https://science.nasa.gov/sun/what-is-the-solar-wind/
Author	NASA's Conceptual Image Laboratory

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