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Martian Avalanche, Earth’s Spaghetti-Like Magnetosphere and Spirograph Nebula

An avalanche on Mars captured by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on November 27, 2011.

 

 Supercomputer simulation showing the tangled magnetosphere surrounding Earth.

 

 

Spirograph Nebula Courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope