Ball Of Lightning Real
In 1997 a reader wrote into scientific american s ask the experts column to ask if ball lightning is real.
Ball of lightning real. Scientists have observed ball lightning for the first time in nature. No scientist has ever been able to conclusively prove its existence while at the same time no scientist has been able to prove it doesn t exist. Unsubscribe from the centrum. 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.
Is ball lightning real. Some nineteenth century reports describe balls that eventually explode and leave. Ball lightning is an unexplained atmospheric electrical phenomenon described as luminescent spherical objects that vary from pea sized to several meters in diameter though usually associated with thunderstorms the phenomenon is said to last considerably longer than the split second flash of a lightning bolt. World s best monster mystery.
It seemed more myth than reality. Ball lightning is as mysterious as big foot and as controversial as ufo s. Until recent years most scientists remained skeptical about ball lightning. Two experts responded both giving widely varying descriptions for what it looks like how it behaves and where it comes from but both credulously identifying all such reports as ball lightning.
Uman chair of the department of electrical computer engineering. 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. Incredible lightning ball part. One of the first recorded sightings of ball lightning occurred in 1638 when a great ball of fire came through the window of an english church.
Pictured is the spectrum of a cloud to ground lightning strike and of the ball lightning it generated. Ball lightning is one of the best known natural phenomena that few have seen. Loch ness mystery documentary real stories duration. All we have are sketches and eyewitness accounts which unfortunately hold no weight in the scientific community.
Generating a lighting ball from a streak lighting.