XPost: sci.space.tech   
   From: mmontcha@OregonVOS.net   
      
   On 7 Dec 2003, Vincent Cate wrote:   
   |I added the ability to simulate a charged particle moving in the Earth's   
   |magnetic field to my simulator.   This lets you look at the motion of   
   |particles in the Van Allen Belts.   
   |   
   |The particles move fast.  In the samples I created I have protons going   
   |nearly 1/3 the speed of light.  They spiral around a North/South magnetic   
   |field line very quickly.  A bit less quickly they are moving north and   
   |south (up and down).  And much less quickly they are drifting East around   
   |the world.   
   |   
   |This is a very 3D motion, so my samples look first from the side (so you   
   |can see the North/South motion) and then from the top (so you can see   
   |circles and movement around Earth).   
      
   If it is a 3D motion, maybe you could make a stereoscopic movie employing   
   all the necessary ray tracing for that kind of a thing to take place?   
   Stereoscopic movies can be watched using an HMD (head-mounted display)   
   helmet with LCD displays for each eye.  Yes, it might be a little bit   
   on the expensive side, but the effect must surely be worth experiencing.   
      
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