St. Elmo's fire
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st-elmo-s-fire-183-13820345
title:
St. Elmo's fire
text:
St. Elmo's fire 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 in an atmospheric electric field. It has also been observed on the leading edges of airplanes, as in the case of British Airways Flight 009, and by U.S. Air Force pilots. The intensity of the effect, a blue or violet glow around the object, often accompanied by a hissing or buzzing sound, is proportional to the strength of the ele
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encyclopedia
description:
Luminous plasma created in an electric field
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo%27s_fire
date created:
2003-09-30T04:58:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T22:25:44Z
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