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Illustration of St. Elmo's fire on a ship at sea Electrostatic discharge flashes across the windscreen of a KC-10 cockpit.. St. Elmo's fire (also called witchfire or witch's fire) [1] is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn [2] in an atmospheric electric field.
St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 American coming-of-age film co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham.
Rob Lowe has a lot of ideas for the long-gestating St. Elmo's Fire sequel — and he's sharing them with costar Demi Moore. The 9-1-1: ...
Parr and Foster wrote "St. Elmo's Fire" in honour of wheelchair athlete and activist Rick Hansen; it became the theme to St. Elmo's Fire [5] (a "Brat Pack" film unrelated to Hansen's life or achievements). [6] Parr later wrote "Under a Raging Moon" with Julia Downes for Roger Daltrey, [6] a song that paid tribute to Keith Moon and told the ...
Judd Nelson starred in many '80s hits like "The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmo's Fire" and has gone on to have quite the career. FEB 1 1987; Actor Judd Nelson; Photo cred: Getty
Pilots evacuating in preparation for Hurricane Idalia observed bright blue light outside their aircraft, an event called St. Elmo’s fire. Here’s what causes it.
St. Elmo's Fire and normal sparks both can appear when high electrical voltage affects a gas. St. Elmo's fire is seen during thunderstorms when the ground below the storm is electrically charged, and there is high voltage in the air between the cloud and the ground. The voltage tears apart the air molecules and the gas begins to glow.
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