News Earth Forecast: Heavy winds, plasma showers By Jessica Gorman December 9, 2002 at 6:11 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print From Washington, D.C., at the spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union First view of Earth’s plasmasphere. The circle marks Earth and the line indicates its shadow. NASA NASA has taken the first pictures from space showing the mysterious motions of ionized gas corralled by Earth’s magnetic field. Launched March 25, the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) is depicting the region where this action takes place.