One has to wonder how the Earth’s global magnetic field influences the pattern of these streams. The plasmoid shows patterns of the filaments as well. It will be interesting to see more shots from the ICCD camera to see how repeatable the pattern behavior is and if necessary to try to “tune” or influence the filaments for better performance. I’m attaching a shot of a plasmoid that I’ve contrast enhanced. If you look at it for a while you can make out the helical nature of the filaments swirling around and looping, I believe. Are the filaments organized by the magnetic field, arcing like solar flares, rising and falling from and to the center?
