RE: Side-wise Vectors?????

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Original poster: "Daniel A. Kline" <daniel_kline@xxxxxxxxxxx>

This happens in a vacuum?? The exact same effect??
Well, so much for *my* hypothesis...unless space itself is introducing
the same effect ;)
But, never mind.
Dan K.

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> Subject: Re: Side-wise Vectors?????
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> Original poster: "Mike" <mikev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> HI All,
>               Writing from work here. First, use Google and
> search keywords
> Birkeland Current. In the vacuum of space you see this
> spiral. In the lesser
> vacuum but still very lower pressure of our upper atmosphere
> you see it.
> Also, I did some close up zooms of Terry's pictures, wish
> they were zoomed
> at the camera so I could have then zoomed even more without
> getting into
> pixel distortion. Note the lower energy streamers look to be
> striated, much
> like any plasma will do when it is extending as much as it can within
> voltage limits to distance ratios.
> I can post pictures of striations with several inches between
> them if you
> like. Again, this is on the lower energy streamers.
> Terry, can you get close ups of those weaker streamers so I
> can look better
> with zoom? The greater pixel count the better I can zoom. At
> this time we
> have the lab setup to do all the high voltage in the 2 ft by
> 6 foot tube in
> partial atmosphere. I'm very interested in this striation at sea level
> pressures I think I see.
> Mike