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Magnetic Fields As Youve Never Seen Them Before [pics+video]

environmentalgraffiti.com — A stunning new film shot at the NASA laboratory at UC Berkeley reveals the secret lives of magnetic fields as they morph and twist in space - but are we observing a scientific experiment, the universe in flux or a documentary of a fictional world?

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  • UserNull, on 07/12/2008, -7/+101We are just witnessing His Noodly Appendage.
  • inactive, on 07/11/2008, -13/+60I still think they are a myth just like "gravity"
  • sangres, on 07/11/2008, -1/+43It's not real it's all animated but it's based on the magnetic sounds recorded.
  • CarStan, on 07/12/2008, -1/+42Dont cross the streams!
  • SolidSnak, on 07/12/2008, -1/+36Ramen, my brother
  • theysayjump, on 07/12/2008, -1/+34RTFA:

    "The pair took recordings of magnetic currents from all over the universe and used them to create animated visualisations of geophysical phenomenon."
  • BryanG412, on 07/11/2008, -5/+32...I've never seen an actual magnetic field...
  • gk128, on 07/12/2008, -2/+25Damn I thought this was going to be about the band, The Magnetic Fields.
  • iBeej, on 07/11/2008, -17/+39As homer would say... "Mmm... magnetic spaghetti.... aaawwhwhhh"
  • ferrell, on 07/12/2008, -3/+21Dugg for "Hairy balls"
  • rugabug, on 07/12/2008, -3/+20Yes you have http://www.flickr.com/photos/daynoir/2181293650/.
  • facelesscoward, on 07/12/2008, -0/+15Dugg because, even though I don't know you, the fact that we both thought the same thing when we read the title of this submission makes me feel like we can relate in a completely impersonal way.
  • OSX1337, on 07/12/2008, -0/+14I really like their last album. Too Drunk To Dream is a great song.
  • monkeychops, on 07/11/2008, -6/+18magnetic spaghetti monster maybe?
  • Chalks777, on 07/12/2008, -2/+13"Magnetic Fields As You've Never Seen Them Before"

    Naked?
  • inactive, on 07/11/2008, -1/+12The beauty of magnificent forces..
  • microview2007, on 07/12/2008, -1/+105th paragraph down; "The animations are ..." nuff said.
  • stayathomejobs, on 07/12/2008, -1/+10Wow ... that video was pretty impressive .. I wonder how much of that affects us on a daily basis?
  • knol, on 07/12/2008, -0/+9ferrofluids for the win!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5OhZ9wT568

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me5Zzm2TXh4

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpBxCnHU8Ao
  • EatingPie, on 07/12/2008, -3/+12The article was vague on how these images were created. There seemed to be some measurements, then animation added to correspond. They did *not* use film sensitive to magnetic-field, as it looks like in the images.. (Did they?) Given the scope of the images -- how complete the fields look -- I have to wonder how accurate the animations really are.

    -Pie
  • ultraelite, on 07/12/2008, -1/+9Gravity is just a theory like evolution, scientist don't really know what causes it. Personally I believe god in his omnipresence is pulling us on toward the ground, I call it "intelligent pulling".
  • crazyjake, on 07/12/2008, -0/+7no one cares if reddit found it first! they didn't make the damn video so don't give them credit!
  • HonestAbe, on 07/12/2008, -1/+8I don't know. How much does someone drawing meaningless lines on pictures affect your daily life?
  • austang, on 07/11/2008, -2/+8Above is the toilet float takeing off at tremendous speeds!
  • specialK16, on 07/12/2008, -3/+9So it sucks?
  • UpperUpsilon, on 07/13/2008, -0/+5She did say hairy balls in the video...
  • Goonder, on 07/13/2008, -0/+5You've never seen anything _but_ magnetic fields. Light is an electromagnetic phenomenon.
  • monkeyhoward, on 07/12/2008, -2/+7Papa Was A Rodeo
  • Narrwald, on 07/12/2008, -0/+57 comments to get from magnetic fields to the symbol of theist mockery. Well done, sir.
  • tastypastry, on 07/12/2008, -0/+4Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
  • inactive, on 07/12/2008, -2/+6That's wild. Reminds me of The Ring or The Grudge for some reason. :-)
  • SuicideMouse, on 07/12/2008, -0/+4We see only the result on iron filings created by a magnetic field here. (The source too, not all of it though)
    From this we can imagine and theorize what the field would look like, thats it.

    AFAIK, we can't actually see the field here, only it's effect.

    It's like how we see the leaves blow and pollen fly in the wind, but we can't see the wind.
    From there we can imagine what it looks like and how it moves.
    (Yes I know that this exampler is very simplified but I just want to make it clear)
  • inactive, on 07/12/2008, -0/+4will looks nice on my desktop // that is as far as i can use it
  • booshack, on 07/12/2008, -0/+4Oh yeah this is why I study electrical engineering. Fundamental forces FTW.
  • d3dm, on 07/13/2008, -0/+4Well gauss what? We're all fluxed!

  • JARSInc, on 07/12/2008, -0/+4Sorry to leech but I feel I need to give the good resolution:
    http://vimeo.com/1166968
  • plnegative1, on 07/12/2008, -0/+4This is why I don't like these pictures or videos... they have the direction of the fields changing, but in a picture like that... the pieces of metal are organized..... they're not being shifted around constantly
  • joel8x, on 07/13/2008, -0/+4I really thought I was going to see Stephin Merritt nude.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2008, -0/+4Oh, I was thinking this was more of a "Daniel Handler naked" kind of thing. No? No one else knows The Magnetic Fields? Oh well.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2008, -1/+4I thought this was about the band as well. I was wondering how so many people would be interested in The Magnetic Fields. Once I met this girl on the internet who was really into them...we finally met up at a bar and she was twice as big as she was in her pics.
    Not that I was shocked or anything but she did turn out to be a big girl.
  • ligyron, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3Well, if you're referring to doing coke off the Mona Lisa...
  • milkmit, on 07/12/2008, -0/+3Whew, I thought I was the only idiot to assume at a glance that this was about the band....
  • hotpuck6, on 07/12/2008, -0/+3nope, cause there was like 5 posts and references above you.
  • DewJake, on 07/12/2008, -0/+3Did she say "Harry Balls"?
  • tyywebb, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3***** thing...
  • jargonaut, on 07/13/2008, -0/+3Genius.
  • selfobsessed, on 07/12/2008, -1/+4Mama was a rock n' roll band.
  • nmcvicke, on 07/12/2008, -3/+6Am I the only person who first thought this was about the band Magnetic Fields?
  • grimward, on 07/12/2008, -0/+3Do you wanna know how I know you're homophobic?
  • Narrwald, on 07/12/2008, -1/+4Calm down, ***** captain!
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