WHY THE LIGHTS APPEAR
A quiet magnetosphere is still alive.
Earth's magnetic field forms a protective cavity in the solar wind. Launch a solar event to see how pressure and magnetic orientation change the system.
REDUCED-ORDER SPACE WEATHER MODEL
Make a solar storm.
Watch Earth respond.
Shape a flare, launch a coronal mass ejection, and follow the energy from the Sun into Earth's magnetic field and polar atmosphere.
ConfigureTransitAurora
01 / SOLAR EVENTQUIET SUN
M-CLASS FLARE POTENTIALACTIVE REGION QUIET
02 / INTERPLANETARY TRANSITAWAITING LAUNCH
SUN
EARTH
Set the event parameters, then launch the disturbance toward Earth.
03 / MAGNETOSPHERIC RESPONSEQUIET FIELD
POLAR OVAL DORMANTNIGHT-SIDE VIEW / EARTH FIELD NORMAL
MODEL NOTES
Pdynamic = ρv2
Solar-wind pressure compresses the dayside magnetosphere. Energy coupling is modulated by the incoming magnetic-field orientation.
F = q(E + v × B)
Particles are guided along an approximate dipole field toward the polar atmosphere.