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The Earth's plasmasphere is an inner part of the magneteosphere. It is located just outside the upper ionosphere located in Earth's atmosphere. It is a region of dense, cold plasma that surrounds the Earth. Although plasma is found throughout the magnetosphere, the plasmasphere usually contains the coldest plasma. Here's how it works:
The upper reaches of our planet's atmosphere are exposed to ultraviolet light from the Sun, and they are ionized with electrons that are freed from neutral atmospheric particles. The results are electrically charged negative and positive particles. The negative particles are electrons, and the positive particles are now called ions (formerly atoms and molecules). If the density of these particles is low enough, this electrically charged gas behaves differently than it would if it were neutral. Now this gas is called plasma. The atmospheric gas density becomes low enough to support the conditions for a plasma around earth at about 90 kilometers above Earth's surface.
Because of space weather storms (kind of a generic phrase for those other processes) this cold and dense plasmaspheric plasma can actually end up all over the place. Generally, that region of space where plasma from the ionosphere has the time to build up to become identified as the plasmasphere rotates or nearly rotates with the Earth. That region shrinks in size with increased space weather activity and expands or refills during times of inactivity. As it shrinks with increasing activity, some of the plasmasphere is drawn away from its main body (plasmaspheric erosion) in the sunward direction toward the boundary in space between that region dominated by Earth's magnetic field and the much larger region dominated by the Sun's magnetic field. The region dominated by Earth's magnetic field is called the magnetosphere. The larger Sun dominated region is called the heliosphere.
originally posted by: theabsolutetruth
a reply to: Wolfenz
The Plasma tubes are known about and were theorised more than 60 years ago, there is plenty of research on them, the new research just photographed them to confirm their structure. Visual confirmation.
I posted some research and some science ab out it on this page of this thread.
originally posted by: Rosinitiate
Good on her! Turning an array into 3-D is very fitting for a young mind.
Plasma tubes eh? Wonder what they be good for?
originally posted by: Rosinitiate
Plasma tubes eh? Wonder what they be good for?
originally posted by: 0bserver1
originally posted by: Rosinitiate
Plasma tubes eh? Wonder what they be good for?
Maybe like a big television screen projecting things to earth that don't exist.. ?
“When they first saw the data, many of her senior collaborators thought the results were literally ‘too good to be true’ and that the observation process had somehow corrupted the findings, but over the next few months, Cleo managed to convince them that they were both real and scientifically interesting.”
Under the direction of its president, Carol Ann Wedding, IST specializes in microspheres for flat-panel displays and related devices—with a strong focus and capability in plasma display design, development, and analysis. The staff at IST can trace its roots back to the development of the very first plasma displays created; and microspheres are the key component for IST’s novel plasma displays, since they can be made into a variety of contours and shapes without distorting the image.
Imaging Systems Technology, Inc., is leading the way in the areas of plasma design, development, and testing.
IST markets the microspheres as Plasma-spheres, tiny hollow spheres encapsulating an ionizable gas that glows when charged. The spheres, which can be applied to both flexible and rigid panels, form the basis of an addressable pixel element—a Plasma-sphere display. The display offers the same bright, full color as a conventional plasma display, but it is very rugged and can be a low-cost solution for large-area flexible displays.
originally posted by: Peeple
if we could tap that it would be the slingshot we could need to get the almost infinite energy needed to crack the speed of light, for long distance interstellar travelling.
originally posted by: Donttrustnasa
Of course Electric Universe doesnt provide all the answers but it could be the right direction to go for start.
originally posted by: DonttrustnasaOf course Electric Universe doesnt provide all the answers but it could be the right direction to go for start.