These magnetic fields were made using the same technique as the solenoid picture.

new version: POV-Ray 3.6.1, 7/15/06
old version: calculated in Mathematica 4.2, rendered in TrueSpace 4.3, 3/9/03

Links

• Levitron – magnetic levitating top
• Molecular Magnetism – magnetic levitation of a frog in a Bitter solenoid
• Gravitator – magnetic levitating sphere
• Geodynamo Lab – I recently had the opportunity to tour this lab at the University of Maryland
• Electromagnetic Field in Microwave Oven – interesting discussion by Wenjun Deng (my roommate)