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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.
English: Airmen experience St. Elmo's fire while flying a KC-10 aircraft into a thundercloud from an undisclosed location, March 22, 2017. St. Elmo's fire occurs when the electric field around the aircraft ionizes air molecules, producing sparks.
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.
A person who was affected by a nearby lightning strike. Note the slight branching redness traveling up the victim's leg from the effects of the current. Common injuries caused by lightning include: muscle pains, broken bones, cardiac arrest, confusion, hearing loss, seizures, burns, behavioral changes, and ocular cataracts.
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Dr. J. Orne Green a professor from Harvard Medical School investigated and concluded it was a natural phenomenon, electrical in nature. [3] Prof William Francis Ganong who visited the area, believed the Fireship of Baie des Chaleurs to be a case of St. Elmo's fire. [4] He wrote a paper on the subject in 1906. [5]
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