enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. St. Elmo's fire - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo's_fire

    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.

  3. Atmospheric electricity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_electricity

    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.

  4. What you should know about the St. Elmo’s fire phenomenon ...

    www.aol.com/causes-st-elmo-fire-phenomenon...

    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.

  5. St. Elmo's Fire (film) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo's_Fire_(film)

    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.

  6. ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ Hits 35; Co-Writer Carl Kurlander Recalls ...

    www.aol.com/st-elmo-fire-hits-35-212957427.html

    Joel was always the first to remind people that St. Elmo's Fire did not get one positive review when it came out in 1985. While the Hollywood Reporter was kind in describing it as “the freshman ...

  7. Column: Joel Schumacher's 'St. Elmo's Fire' understood how ...

    www.aol.com/news/column-joel-schumachers-st...

    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  8. John Parr - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parr

    John Stephen Parr (born 18 November 1952) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1985 single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", charting at No.1 in the US and No.6 in the UK, and for his 1984 US No.6 rock single "Naughty Naughty". [2]

  9. Mare Winningham: What the ‘St. Elmo’s Fire ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/entertainment/mare-winningham-st...

    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us