Ball Lightning January 2014

However a recorded case didn t occur until the 18th century when georg richmann a pioneer in research on electricity was killed by what s believed to have been ball lightning. These fiery orbs can be white. Natural ball lightning probed for the first time.

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Ball lightning january 2014. One popular theory is that ball lightning is caused when lightning striking the ground vaporizes some of the silicate minerals in soil. A girl throws a baseball straight up and catches the ball. In january 2014 scientists from northwest normal university in lanzhou china published the results of recordings made in july 2012 of the optical spectrum of what was thought to be natural ball lightning made by chance during the study of ordinary cloudground lightning on the tibetan plateau. July 16 2015 looking east towards spectacular luverne mn thunderstorm extremely rare footage at 37 secs of what appears to be ball lightning.

In january 2014 scientists from northwest normal university in lanzhou china published the results of recordings made in july 2012 of the optical spectrum of what was thought to be natural ball lightning made by chance during the study of ordinary cloud ground lightning on the tibetan plateau. Earth 16 january 2014. 2014 january 17. Advertisement perhaps one of the most famous ball lightning sightings was by a young czar nicholas grandson to czar alexander ii who witnessed a flaming orb during a.

First instance of ball lightning captured on video and spectrographs. Scientists have observed ball lightning for the first time in nature. At a distance of 900 m 3 000 ft a total of 1 64 seconds of digital video of the ball. Pictured is the spectrum of a cloud to ground lightning strike and of the ball lightning it generated.

Direct measurements of natural ball lightning. A thunderstorm in china has delivered the first evidence from nature that ball lightning forms thanks to vaporised dirt. 3 seconds of real time video slowed down to show the ball lightning s evolution in shape color and brightness and its associated spectrum. Ball lightning occurs as glowing spheres ranging in size from a golf ball to a very large beach ball 1 to 100 centimeters or 0 4 inches to 39 inches in diameter.