![Magnetic Field > Physics and Astronomy Lecture Support Lab > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Magnetic Field > Physics and Astronomy Lecture Support Lab > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences](https://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/75/imgs/magnetostatics/MG.13.jpg)
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![Russell Kightley Scientific Illustrator & Animator | Bar magnet showing magnetic field lines in 3D #1 (Rights Managed) Russell Kightley Scientific Illustrator & Animator | Bar magnet showing magnetic field lines in 3D #1 (Rights Managed)](https://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/65f95552-fb28-11e2-825c-ddda2c354f48/PHYSICS-MAGNETISM-bar-magnet-field-lines-1_xgaplus.jpg)
Russell Kightley Scientific Illustrator & Animator | Bar magnet showing magnetic field lines in 3D #1 (Rights Managed)
All the representations of a bar magnet's magnetic field that I have seen are all shown in 2D. In reality, isnt the magnetic field 3D? Also, doesnt the magnetic field completely surround
![Initial 3D magnetic field configuration of the magnetic field with the... | Download Scientific Diagram Initial 3D magnetic field configuration of the magnetic field with the... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231085546/figure/fig1/AS:300367742029824@1448624658434/Initial-3D-magnetic-field-configuration-of-the-magnetic-field-with-the-flux-tube-loop-for.png)
Initial 3D magnetic field configuration of the magnetic field with the... | Download Scientific Diagram
![3D representation of magnetic field lines 9 hours after the initiation... | Download Scientific Diagram 3D representation of magnetic field lines 9 hours after the initiation... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225874261/figure/fig3/AS:302793408696324@1449202982390/3D-representation-of-magnetic-field-lines-9-hours-after-the-initiation-of-a-CME.png)