St. Elmo's fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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St. Elmo's fire (also St. Elmo's light ) is an electrical weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a coronal discharge originating from a grounded object in an atmospheric electric...
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St. Elmo's Fire is a weather phenomenon involving a gap in electrical charge. It's like lightning, but not quite. And while it has been mistaken for ball lightning, it's not that, either -- and it's definitely not fire.
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St. Elmo's Fire St. Elmo's fire is a electroluminescent coronal discharge caused by the ionization of the air during thunderstorms inside of a strong electric field. Although referred to as "fire", St. Elmo's fire is in fact a low...
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"St. Elmo's fire (also St. Elmo's light) is an electrical weather phenomenon" ... St. Elmo's fire is named after St. Erasmus of Formiae (also called St. Elmo), the patron saint of sailors. The phenomenon sometimes appeared on ships at sea during thunderstorms, and was regarded by sailors with religious awe,
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Dec 1, 2007 ... St. Elmo's fire (also St. Elmo's light[1]) is an electrical weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a coronal discharge ...
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St. Elmo's Fire is a beautiful, eerie form of atmospheric electricity that usually appears in stormy weather around church spires, sailing masts, ... During thunderstorms, the air between the clouds and the ground becomes electrically charged, resulting in a "glow discharge" -- the same phenomenon used in fluorescent tubes.
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; FIRE:;;; [Note: some of these links were originally on the; "Floods, Storms, Rainbows, & Other Weather Wonders" page --; it's time to give them a page of their own]; ... The site includes 4 photographs of the phenomenon, but they're ... This is a great essay on St. Elmo's Fire by Dr. Keith C. Heidorn (also see below).
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www.mythinglinks.org/ct~fire.html
www.mythinglinks.org/ct~fire.html
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A photograph of the phenomenon known as St. Elmo’s Fire…St. Elmo’s Fire: Luminous greenish or bluish glow above pointed objects on the ground. Named for the patron saint of sailors, St. Elmo’s Fire is created by the soft glow of an electric field generated by a continuous flow of tiny sparks. ... Live Weather...
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St. Elmo’s fire is a eerie, but beautiful phenomenon where luminous blue plasma shoots from the extremities of an object. It was most commonly seen on ships in the olden days, ... Tags: blue jets, fire whirl, lightning, london fog, phenomena, raining animals, red rain, red sprites, waterspout, Weather, ... 467px-Elmo's_fire...
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www.neatorama.com/2009/09/18/8-weird-weather-phenomena/
www.neatorama.com/2009/09/18/8-weird-weather-phenomena/
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