Five Things about Radiation Donuts

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Have more questions about Earth’s radiation donuts? Ask our scientists in the comments below! Join Van Allen Probes scientists Feb. 12 from 1-3 p.m. EST / 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. PST to get your questions answered! Earth is surrounded by giant, donut-shaped clouds of radiation. 🍩These are the Van Allen Belts. The wild particles trapped here can affect our technology and astronauts that pass through this region — so we’ve sent twin spacecraft to study them. Here are five things to know! nasa.gov/vanallenprobes This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13148 Lead Producers: Haley Reed and Micheala Sosby Producers: Courtney Lee and Ki Ki Hobbs Scientist: C. Alex Young Host: Karen Fox Rob Andreoli: Videographer John Caldwell: Videographer Animations by: Los Alamos National Laboratory Music: Funk the Floor by UltraCat [FMA], Something Elated by Broke For Free [FMA] Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/NASAGoddard Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc

Published 2019-02-12 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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