NASA | Dynamic Earth Excerpt: Viz Challenge Winner

Watch Earth’s magnetic shield protect the planet from a pelting by the solar wind. See how the sun’s energy drives a remarkable planetary engine, the climate. This video, originally created by NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio as part of a full-length planetarium film called “Dynamic Earth,“ was awarded first place in the video category in the 2013 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored by the journal Science and the National Science Foundation. While the ful