The Moon and the Magnetotail

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The Moons orbit crosses Earths magnetotail.
The Moon's orbit crosses Earth's magnetotail.

Behold the full Moon. Ancient craters and frozen lava seas lie motionless under an airless sky of profound quiet. It's a slow-motion world where even a human footprint may last millions of years. Nothing ever seems to happen there. Right?


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