The total current density j ≡ | j| (left two columns), total particle density n (middle two columns), and the parallel electric field magnitude E _∥ ≡ | E · B|/ B projected onto the yz plane. In each pair of columns, the left column shows a projection of the sections 0 < x < 64 λ _p containing one current sheet, and the right shows a projection of the section 64 λ _p < x < 128 λ _p containing the other current sheet. Vertically from top to bottom, the panels show times t = (28, 37.5, 47, 56, 65.5, 75, 84.5, 94, 103, 112.5) τ _c0 . The color scale increasing from light purple to dark red is linear except for the parallel electric field, where the scale is logarithmic. The color scale coverage of each projected quantity was reduced from the full variation of that quantity for enhanced visual contrast. In particular, clipping of the color scale for the parallel electric field excludes the range in which the parallel electric field projection is dominated by small-scale electrostatic fluctuations in the plasma. We boxcar smoothed E and B on scales ≲ λ _p prior to computing the parallel electric field, but the fluctuations still obscure the variation of parallel field in the current sheet at the earliest time shown, t = 28 τ _c0 .