460-solar-flare-diagram-dixon – This technical diagram maps particle acceleration along magnetic field lines during a solar flare event. On the left, a deep red extreme ultraviolet image of the solar limb shows loops anchored at high-energy footprints, highlighted by bright orange glow and double-headed white arrows indicating particle deposition. Green lines trace the overarching magnetic field structure, while a callout box isolates a single field line to detail the helical path (yellow spiral) of an accelerated electron or ion spinning around a central guide field line (green) via cyclotron motion ; digital, 2006, for Scientific American
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