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Atmospheric ghost lights are lights (or fires) that appear in the atmosphere without an obvious cause. Examples include the onibi, hitodama and will-o'-wisp. They are often seen in humid climates. [1] According to legend, some lights are wandering spirits of the dead, the work of devils or yōkai, or the pranks of fairies. They are feared by ...
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 ...
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.
Under this explanation, they are believed to be closely associated with the elements (fire, air, water, earth). [29] In Finland, somewhat famous are the case of the "Mäkkylä Ghost" in 1946, which received attention in the press at the time, [ 30 ] and the "Devils of Martin" in Ylöjärvi in the late 19th century, for which affidavits were ...
In 1967, Robby Krieger, the guitarist for L.A. band the Doors, wrote the hit single "Light My Fire" in the living room of his parents' Pacific Palisades home.
NASA reported that northern lights' visibility hit a 500-year peak this year because of the frequent solar activity, with the sun having reached its solar maximum in October.
Kimimori Sarashina, a researcher of local stories, summarizes the features of the kitsunebi as follows: in places where there was no presence of fire, mysterious flames like those of a paper lantern or a torch would appear in a line and flicker in and out, with fires that had gone out sometimes appearing in yet another place, so that if one attempted to chase after what was behind all this, it ...
The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger (left foreground) wrote the lyrics to the band’s hit “Light My Fire” in 1966 in his parents’ Alma Real Drive home in Pacific Palisades — a property that ...