Homage to Birkeland 8

Digital figurative abstract with text. Initially I conceived this image to graphically illustrate the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse solely... more

by Tim Richards

Title

Homage to Birkeland 8

Artist

Tim Richards

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Abstract

Description

Digital figurative abstract with text. Initially I conceived this image to graphically illustrate the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse solely viewed from the USA with the sphere on the right being Mars, which was found very close to the eclipse by sight.

However, as I arrived with this version, I realized that the piece better visualizes the sun in relation to another magnetic field producing planet or star--thus the field lines. The fact, as I see it, is that the sun receives and sends energy from sources outside itself, instead of generating energy from a thermonuclear reaction. So the body on the right side could be a planet, such as Jupiter or Saturn or even another star. Whatever you like.

At any rate the image is an homage to the Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, the modern discoverer (turn of the 20th C.) of plasma (electric) currents in outer space. Many believe that his work will be considered as important in physics and astronomy as Einstein's in the near future and may surplant Einstein's theories. Until recently Birkeland's theories have been entirely dismissed by establishment science.

Work completed in October 2017. Other color versions of this image are available.

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October 14th, 2017