NASA Scientists Make Magnetic Fields Visible, Beautiful

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NASA's Space Sciences Laboratory has developed a method to visualize magnetic fields through "animated photographs," utilizing sound-controlled CGI and 3D compositing techniques. While the resulting images are visually stunning, they do not represent real-time observations of magnetic fields but rather predictive animations based on simulations. The discussion highlights the beauty of these visualizations, comparing them to time-lapse photography, which captures natural phenomena. Participants express skepticism about the authenticity of the visuals, emphasizing the role of CGI in their creation.

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is this real?
 
Doubt it. Looks like some undergrads playing in the lab with a light bulb and long exposure. Kids!
 
Yeah, i don't get this. Looks to be a select rendering of some of the assumed field lines. I'd rather see the interaction with those metal frames.
 
NASA's Space Sciences Laboratory have made them visible as "animated photographs," using sound-controlled CGI and 3D compositing

So it's not as if you'd see those "animations" in real life. Seems that video is sent through an animation generator that trys to predict what the fields would be and then colors them?
 
Looks a lot like these :smile:
 
Aren't they? I've been meaning to give it a try myself...
 
yeah "using sound-controlled CGI and 3D compositing. "
CGI being the key acronym there.
 
  • #10
You can see the field lines ending in the middle of space sometimes

THEREFORE, LEGIT.
 
  • #11
These images are natural and not computer generated like NASA's

:>

http://www.scivee.tv/node/6304
 
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  • #12
those are all time lapse shots with a camera. i do it all the time.
 

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