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James Van Allen

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Apparently, something happens on the sun. It sends out a burst of gases. The reservoirs above our earth shake like a bowl of jelly. The radiation droozles out at the ends and makes the auroral displays at the North and South Poles.
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On the aurora, Reach Into Space, Time, 1959-05-04.

 
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