is the magnetic field susposed to look like this?

www2.nict.go.jp... i dont know much about this stuff but i have not seen
this ever is this normal?

Yeah that's pretty normal actually

Originally posted by muse7
Yeah that's pretty normal actually

i have never seen it like this

looks like a question mark

Yes, That is pretty normal.

It doesn't even look like its perturbed by any solar flares.

ok well if that is the norm then we have had many many abnormal days in the past!

reply to post by crimsonninja


Yea that does look to be about normal. There is a hole in there somewhere so it might make it look a bit distorted.. Also it is due to flip at some point. Wait till Tuesday when we get hit by the Class M then take a look at it. It will probably look pretty weird then lol

My two cents.


Normal



Abnormal

Like I said the last time someone pointed out abnormalities in this magnetosphere display, there is a huge difference between an abnormality in the outer field lines and one in the spheroid of inner field lines. The inner bunch of lines is the earth's core...the outer lines are the magnetosphere as it extends into space. There is nothing wrong with twisting and bending field lines beyond the surface of the earth. As long as the lines exist out there, it doesn't matter what they look like or where they go.
What would/will be noteworthy is if the inner spheroid of field lines becomes chaotically entangled for an extended period of time, clumps of blue and/or red appear in the wrong hemispheres, the number of field lines begins to noticeably diminish (which we would visibly notice, what with the global auroras it would cause and whatnot), and, ultimately, the blue/red hemispheres switch altogether. This is what people should be looking for.

reply to post by CLPrime


Greetings:

Interesting commentary. So what do you make of this?





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Thank you for your time and consideration.

In Peace & Light
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reply to post by thorfourwinds


This image reminds me of the NASCA LINES Spider.


Icanseeatoms.

reply to post by thorfourwinds


I'm not sure what I'm supposed to make of them. They're illustrations of the sun and the earth with its magnetic field.