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this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2024
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Edit: ELECTRICAL field sorry
99% chance I'm being an idiot here, but, compass?
Magnetic field ≠ electric field
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I think it means the electric field created within Earth's atmosphere that is responsible for lightning as opposed to the (electro)magnetic field which forms the magnetosphere around Earth and makes compasses work.