What do Electromagnetic waves actually look like in space?

harrylin

Quote by harrylin

[..] What can be pictured (as a model!) is along one direction (a light ray) or eventually two directions - see the links that others gave and also this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse_wave

The page on Electromagnetic waves (what else!) has nice animations in addition to explanations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_waves

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