Nope nope and nope. An electromagnetic wave is the self sustaining interaction of the electric and magnetic fields via Maxwell's equations. Charge is not a virtual photon. A virtual photon is the mediating particle of the electromagnetic interaction.
Strong interactions have nothing to do with the absorption of electrons.
The photons anti photon is the photon. . . . What are field lines. I already said the photon has no anti-partilce. No the ether does not exist. An electromagnetic wave is the self sustaining interaction of the electric and magnetic fields via Maxwell's equations.