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Old 15-March-2005, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Eroica
But no one has commented yet on a possible role for the Earth's magnetic field....
The effect by a magnetic field is deflection in different directions for the opposite ions you talk about in the OP--since the charge below even the macro level is essentially neutral, the effect should be minimal or even non-existent, shouldn't it?
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