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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.
The light is followed toward its origin from islands, or to reorient boat pilots at sea. Kaveia noted that te lapa is used for navigation no more than 120 miles from shore, and rarely as close as 2 miles from shore due to the island already being visible from that distance. [ 5 ]
The collected light from the eaten eyes gave "Boitatá" its fiery gaze. Not really a dragon but a giant snake (in the native language, boa or mboi or mboa). In Argentina and Uruguay, the will-o'-the-wisp phenomenon is known as luz mala (evil light) and is one of the most important myths in both countries' folklore. This phenomenon is quite ...
The lesson of this week’s Evil: If you want something done, get a diminutive-yet-feisty nun on the case. Case in point: That very unnerving, dark, scary and bat-filled hole that has been sitting ...
The forward antenna faced the direction the satellite is traveling. Occasionally, an antenna reflects sunlight directly down at Earth, creating a predictable and quickly moving illuminated spot on the surface below of about 10 km (6 mi) diameter. To an observer this looks like a bright flash, or flare in the sky, with a duration of a few seconds.
Whether we found it on the yellow brick road, or in videos from a Thailand zoo, or perhaps in unlikely Olympic heroes, we gravitated toward fantasy and feel-good pop culture moments this year.
Maybe you won’t need two lives after all, Kristen. Though it pains me greatly to say it, this week’s Evil is the first of the last four episodes ever. It looks and feels slightly different ...
Foul smells are also associated with poltergeist occurrences, as well as spontaneous fires and different electrical issues such as flickering lights. [ 1 ] These manifestations have been recorded in many cultures and countries, including Brazil, Australia, the United States, Japan and most European nations.