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Building a Miniature Magnetic Earth

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-bring-your-laptop-near-there dept.

Doofus writes "There was an interesting story on NPR this morning about a geophysicist who has constructed a miniature earth to model the earth's dynamo effects. Dan Lathrop, a geophysicist at the University of Maryland, has constructed a 10-foot diameter stainless steel sphere. He intends to fill the sphere with molten sodium and spin the sphere to examine the propensity for the system to generate its own magnetic field. The article includes both video, in which Lathrop spins up the sphere, and audio, including the conversion of magnetic wave functions in prior experiments into audible sound: literally the music of the spheres."

3 of 150 comments (clear)

  1. Jiymm Waklre says... by realmolo · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dyanmite!

  2. Re:Hollow earth! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    INFIDEL!! The Earth can't be both flat AND hollow! I'll kill you!!! I'll kill you all!!! Get over yourself and go finger a boy's asshole fo' Jeebus.
  3. mOod do3n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    of the above A GAY NIIGER dying. Everyone the system clean