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In the wikipediaWikipedia article about electromagnetic radiation one can findefind the following picture: enter image description hereElectromagnetic relationship

But shouldn't the E undand B field be 90$^\circ$ out of phase? In the depicted way the energy isn't conserved. At 0 the energy is 0 and at $\frac{\pi}{2}$ the energy is maximal in both fields.

In the wikipedia article about electromagnetic radiation one can finde the following picture: enter image description here

But shouldn't the E und B field be 90$^\circ$ out of phase? In the depicted way the energy isn't conserved. At 0 the energy is 0 and at $\frac{\pi}{2}$ the energy is maximal in both fields.

In the Wikipedia article about electromagnetic radiation one can find the following picture: Electromagnetic relationship

But shouldn't the E and B field be 90$^\circ$ out of phase? In the depicted way the energy isn't conserved. At 0 the energy is 0 and at $\frac{\pi}{2}$ the energy is maximal in both fields.

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Visualization of electromagnetic field

In the wikipedia article about electromagnetic radiation one can finde the following picture: enter image description here

But shouldn't the E und B field be 90$^\circ$ out of phase? In the depicted way the energy isn't conserved. At 0 the energy is 0 and at $\frac{\pi}{2}$ the energy is maximal in both fields.