Magnetic Fields Made Visible

in Science, Video - Science | June 4th, 2008 3 Comments

What do natural magnetic fields look like? This extraordinary footage from NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory (UC Berkeley) gives you a glimpse and reveals their “chaotic, ever-changing geometries.” In terms of wow factor, it’s right up there with the Geometry of Sound.


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  1. Allen says . . . | June 6, 2008 / 8:11 am

    This is an animation. It is NOT real “imaging” of magnetic fields.

  2. Sunshine Jim says . . . | June 6, 2008 / 11:13 am

    Ha!

    Loved the demonstration!

    always wanted to see that phenomonon displayed.

    Thanks!

    SJ

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