File:Cusp-animation.gif

No higher resolution available.

Cusp-animation.gif (800 × 450 pixels, file size: 5.03 MB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 30 frames, 3.0 s)

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.

Summary

DescriptionCusp-animation.gif	English: To study magnetic reconnection at Earth’s magnetopause, TRACERS will fly through the polar cusp, a point where Earth’s magnetic field dips down toward the ground. There, particles funnel through the cusp into a concentrated part of our atmosphere.
Date	2024
Source	https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/
Author	NASA/CILab/Josh Masters

Licensing

	This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
	Warnings: Use of NASA logos, insignia and emblems is restricted per U.S. law 14 CFR 1221. The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain. Materials based on Hubble Space Telescope data may be copyrighted if they are not explicitly produced by the STScI.[1] See also {{PD-Hubble}} and {{Cc-Hubble}}. The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2] Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. [3] The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content. Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:13, 4 March 2025		800 × 450 (5.03 MB)	Artem.G	Uploaded a work by NASA/CILab/Josh Masters from https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/ with UploadWizard

File usage

The following 3 pages use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

GIF file comment	Created with ezgif.com video to GIF converter

File:Cusp-animation.gif

Summary

Licensing

Captions

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

copyright status

public domain

source of file

file available on the internet

inception

2024

File history

File usage

Metadata