Mysterious Ball Lightning (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Innsbruck

Mysterious Ball Lightning (1 of 2)

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Researchers have produced luminous fire balls in the laboratory, which appeared not completely unlike ball lightning and could explain some of the observations but were mostly too short lived.

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University of Innsbruck

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