The slowest and least energetic solar wind particles—which I should mention are just the usual mix of electrons, protons, and sometimes something a little bit heavier—have the most interesting fate. When they begin to reach our magnetic field they respond to those forces, and charged particles really love to draw corkscrew paths around magnetic field lines. And so, they do. Depending on their charge, they travel either north or south along our magnetic fields, following them wherever they go. And our magnetic field wraps around the Earth, puncturing our atmosphere near our geographic poles.
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