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Ball lightning is an unexplained atmospheric electrical phenomenon. The term refers to reports of luminous, spherical objects which vary in diameter from pea-sized to several meters. It is usually associated with thunderstorms, but lasts considerably longer than the split-second flash of a lightning bolt. Many early reports say that the ball eventually explodes, sometimes with fatal consequences, leaving behind the odor of sulfur.
Until the 1960s, most scientists argued that ball lightning was not a real phenomenon but an urban myth, despite numerous reports throughout the world. Laboratory experiments can produce effects that are visually similar to reports of ball lightning, but whether these are related to the natural phenomenon remains unclear.
Many scientific hypotheses about ball lightning have been proposed over the centuries. Scientific data on natural ball lightning are scarce, owing to its infrequency and unpredictability. The presumption of its existence is based on reported public sightings, and has therefore produced somewhat inconsistent findings. Given inconsistencies and lack of reliable data, the true nature of ball lightning is still unknown. The first ever optical spectrum of what appears to have been a ball lightning event was published in January 2014 and included a video at high frame rate.
Electric Universe is a psychedelic trance project from Germany formed by Boris Blenn and Michael Dressler in 1991. Their first EP release, Solar Energy was an instant hit with the underground trance scene and is often credited with putting the Spirit Zone Recordings label at the forefront of psychedelic trance early on. According to The Sofia Echo, they were "hailed in the 1990s as one of the top psychedelic trance projects to come out of Germany".
The Electric Universe project was founded in 1991 by Boris Blenn and Michael Dressler in Hamburg, Germany. After being inspired by the first big Voov Experience in Sprötze, the first Psy Trance orientated tracks were produced, with just 5 pieces of equipment. These were two synthesizers, one sampler, a mixing desk and an Atari 1080. Some of the tracks found their way into the hands of DJ Antaro, who had just started his record label Spirit Zone. He liked the stuff and decided to release the Electric Universe Solar Energy maxi single as the second release on his label. It turned out to be a big hit and set the ground for the first album One Love in 1994.
July 16, 2015 Looking East towards spectacular Luverne, MN thunderstorm...Extremely rare footage at 37 secs of what appears to be ball lightning.
Courtesy: Roman Tregubov https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr_s--xKN7IEbW_YAjjH9rA A unique video of a giant fireball moving across a Siberian field was caught on mobile phone camera by Roman Tregubov in July while he was staying in countryside just outside Novosibirsk. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/7llt RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to brea...
(7/8/2014) Update: It was brought to my attention the last clip was not ball lightning. When making this compilation I had to sort videos between legitimate ball lightning from misinterpretations based on identifiable characteristics in the videos and did not delete that clip; it was obviously an airplane and the individual recording it had a shaky hand, blurry camera and really just about all the qualities we expect from poor, misleading footage. Thanks!!! :3 Arrows have been added to some scenes! I took a lot of time creating this video compilation, I hope you enjoy it. :3
This is a rare Natural Weather Phenomenon called Ball Lightning! This video was taken in the Mountains about 15 to 20 Miles west of Boulder Colorado while some friends and I were camping at a mountain party, we are next to a fire so there are bits from the fire going in front of the camera.
From Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Romania and elsewhere, these scientists would like to highlight the life-like traits of anode tufts. As discussed briefly in the Newscientist, their research team even thinks that such plasma phenomena were a vector for patterns we associate with the earliest forms of life. Links: New Scientist article: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4174-plasma-blobs-hint-at-new-form-of-life/ Cell-like space charge configurations in plasma formed by self-organization. https://arxiv.org/pdf/0708.4067.pdf Experimental investigation of multiple self-organized structures in plasma. https://www.nipne.ro/rjp/2005_50_9-10/1089_1095.pdf Ball lightning as a self-organized complexity https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.4064 If you see a CC with this video, it means that ...
ball lightning in saudi arabia in southern region it happens after the lightning stroke the power lines
Ever wonder how lightning works? Scientists are still figuring it out, but what we do know is fascinating. Learn about positive and negative lightning, red sprites, blue jets, and ball lightning in this episode of SciShow! Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Andreas Heydeck, Justin Lentz, Will and Sonja Marple, Benny, Chris Peters, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Patrick, Fatima Iqbal, Lucy McGlasson, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Accalia Elementia, Kathy & Tim Philip, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Thomas J., and Patrick D. Ashmore. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, a...
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Was captured 2016. July 18th at 14:41 from GEO 54.968154, 83.270801 Novosibirskaya oblast', Russia Approximate track from 54.962818, 83.278374 -to- 54.963042, 83.269201
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A nice little stun lock combo involving aftershock + ball lightning, Enjoy :).