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jaydnul
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Ive asked this question so many times on various forums and i feel there is a simple answer that i just havent heard yet. I realize that an EM wave is represented as a sine wave, but from what i understand, thats not the physical motion the fields take. Lets say we take a snapshot at the peak of the wave. Now what does that physically consist of. Does the electric field just stick straight up in 1 dimension, a straight line, and the magnetic field the same but parallel? I just cant picture it