Magnetic Flux Rope: the rock arches on Pandora

[Seze Mune]

NASA has revealed some very unique photos of a phenomenon that was theorized, but - until now - never proven.



According to the article (sourced below):

This wasn't your standard CME, as it did not come with the normally associated eruption of solar particles. What was observed however were magnetic field lines in the Corona of the Sun that began to twist and kink, which generated a charged gas called plasma, which outlined the newly formed slinky, kinky shape.

The brightly glowing plasma gas outlines gave NASA scientists the opportunity for the very 1st time to witness the formation of something long imagined but never seen before: a magnetic flux rope.

A magnetic flux rope is a type of magnetic field readily detected in interplanetary space as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) approaches the planet Earth.

"Magnetic flux ropes have been observed in interplanetary space for many years now and they are widely invoked in theoretical descriptions of how CME are produced. We now need observations to confirm or reject the existence of flux ropes in the solar atmosphere [corona] before an eruption takes place to see whether our theories are correct," explains Dr. Lucie Green from the University College London, in the United Kingdom.

Source:  NASA's SDO Captures Images of Theoretical Magnetic Flux Rope

So, how could we theorize these relate to the stone arches on Pandora?  Or do they?

[Tìtstewan]

Very interesting!

I think the stone arches on Pandora was incurred on these flux lines.
Just have the same look.

[Vawmataw]

A Na'vi eye can see resemblance.