Report, edit, etc...Posted by Warp. on 2005-02-28 at 17:42:12
I just had a thunderstorm about 3 days ago and that day something shiny fell from the sky and hit a tree and set it on fire. And in the news there such things as "ball Lighting" which i think what it was. So Is there Such thing? I mean i have heard of Ball lighting but i didnthing it was real. Well Do you people thing it is real? and if you need photos i will post them i got 1 or 2
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Puni(F) on 2005-02-28 at 19:02:55
Yea, I have seen ball's of lighting, There just caused because there's not enough oxygen in the one spot it form's, So it just make's a ball, And it usually dies out before hitting any thing. But it's rare to see them actually hit earth, And I would love to see some screen shots.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by notnuclearrabbit on 2005-02-28 at 19:13:15
[center]"BALL LIGHTNING does not look like "lightning." Instead, it usually appears as a mysterious glowing sphere which drifts horizontally through the air. It is typically the size of a grapefruit, but sometimes appears as small as a pea, or as large as a bus. It sometime hovers at a few feet or tens of feet altitude, but can also bounce along the ground. It usually lasts only a few seconds, but sometimes persists much longer. Various colors of "BL" have been seen, sometimes it changes colors, and sometimes it has internal structures such as glowing layers or moving sparks. Sometimes it disappears silently, other times it explodes with extreme violence.
At one time BL was thought to be extremely rare, but this was because most BL eyewitnesses feared ridicule and wouldn't come forward. In reality, five percent of the population has seen BL close up. Today most researchers agree that it is real, yet its nature is still highly controversial, and no sensible theories yet exist to explain it. (For example, BL cannot be hot plasma, since plasma would be much lighter than air and would immediately rise like fire, or like a balloon.)" http://amasci.com/tesla/ballgtn.html
I believe ball lightning to be a form of plasma.[/center]
At one time BL was thought to be extremely rare, but this was because most BL eyewitnesses feared ridicule and wouldn't come forward. In reality, five percent of the population has seen BL close up. Today most researchers agree that it is real, yet its nature is still highly controversial, and no sensible theories yet exist to explain it. (For example, BL cannot be hot plasma, since plasma would be much lighter than air and would immediately rise like fire, or like a balloon.)" http://amasci.com/tesla/ballgtn.html
I believe ball lightning to be a form of plasma.[/center]
Report, edit, etc...Posted by pekkel_the_duck on 2005-02-28 at 19:24:31
Nonono, God is throwing marbles at us! Ahh! We are doomed!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Munchkin(ZM) on 2005-02-28 at 19:33:42
Not marbles! AHHHH! 
But I would like to see those pictures. This "BL" sounds interesting!
But I would like to see those pictures. This "BL" sounds interesting!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by notnuclearrabbit on 2005-02-28 at 19:48:50
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That's the coolest image I could find.
I was just reading more about this, and I saw that one of the first people to research ball lightning was killed while doing so. He had a big metal pole, and he was struck by lightning. Well, what'd he think would happen!?
My mom says she saw ball lightning when she was a kid. She says it floated through a window, and burned a hole in the floor of the cabbin she was in. Awesome![/center]
That's the coolest image I could find.
I was just reading more about this, and I saw that one of the first people to research ball lightning was killed while doing so. He had a big metal pole, and he was struck by lightning. Well, what'd he think would happen!?
My mom says she saw ball lightning when she was a kid. She says it floated through a window, and burned a hole in the floor of the cabbin she was in. Awesome![/center]
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Munchkin(ZM) on 2005-02-28 at 19:52:43
THats an awsome picture..... Maybe a UFO crahsed! 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Warp. on 2005-03-01 at 18:29:51
Ya BL is awesome except that the bl that hit my street waas like size of a Soccor ball, then it exploded destorying a lightpost.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Munchkin(ZM) on 2005-03-01 at 18:33:39
But you said it landed in a tree? 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by ShadowBrood on 2005-03-01 at 18:46:47
My dad's friend had to buy a new garage (it destroyed his) because of ball lightning. It's creepy shit. Personally I think that it's just protoss toys and they're 
in with us... Damn protoss toddlers!!!
in with us... Damn protoss toddlers!!!Report, edit, etc...Posted by Caim on 2005-03-01 at 18:52:43
There are lots of information on the site that nuclearrrabitt posted (LINK). That website is awesome for all things about physics and electricity.
I have never seen ball lighting and it is very rare. You are pretty lucky if you ever see ball lightning. It is still being debated because not much solid proof has been found but scientists are sure it exists in some way or another.
- Visit the link I posted, I got hooked with all this physiccs stuff when I went there, I'm 13
I have never seen ball lighting and it is very rare. You are pretty lucky if you ever see ball lightning. It is still being debated because not much solid proof has been found but scientists are sure it exists in some way or another.
- Visit the link I posted, I got hooked with all this physiccs stuff when I went there, I'm 13
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mune'R0x on 2005-03-01 at 19:21:56
[center]Ball lightning... Gay. The real shit is the blue jet lightning.
http://elf.gi.alaska.edu/sprites.html
I wish this stuff went down instead of up...[/center]
http://elf.gi.alaska.edu/sprites.html
I wish this stuff went down instead of up...[/center]
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Lisk on 2005-03-02 at 15:38:03
There's hardly any lightning in Latvia. BL? Never. Too cold. TOO cold.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Warp. on 2005-03-02 at 18:21:28
[QUOTE]But you said it landed in a tree?[QUOTE]
Yes it was The Tree you know the roads thathave aline of trees in the middle? its kinda like that
Yes it was The Tree you know the roads thathave aline of trees in the middle? its kinda like that
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Warp. on 2005-03-02 at 18:21:28
[QUOTE]But you said it landed in a tree?[QUOTE]
Yes it was The Tree you know the roads thathave aline of trees in the middle? its kinda like that
Yes it was The Tree you know the roads thathave aline of trees in the middle? its kinda like that
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Warp. on 2005-03-02 at 18:21:28
[QUOTE]But you said it landed in a tree?[QUOTE]
Yes it was The Tree you know the roads thathave aline of trees in the middle? its kinda like that
Yes it was The Tree you know the roads thathave aline of trees in the middle? its kinda like that
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Munchkin(ZM) on 2005-03-02 at 23:31:58
Lol, you posted three times!
Ok.
And that picture, I was looking around on Google Images for Ball Lightning... And that exact same picture was on a differn't site. Did you post there too?
Ok.
And that picture, I was looking around on Google Images for Ball Lightning... And that exact same picture was on a differn't site. Did you post there too?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Warp. on 2005-03-03 at 18:11:36
Wtf 2 times? unn crap... I never posted a picture.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Munchkin(ZM) on 2005-03-03 at 18:30:24
Well.... could you post some pictures
Report, edit, etc...Posted by PhexEon on 2005-03-03 at 21:35:17
Ball lightning is not fake, it is real. It happens when when something breaks the circuit. like in an ac current. When something cuts it off it dies but there is still that little charge that comes out. that is your ball of lightning. I guess it is kind of phenomenon. It ain't that common. Kinda like UFO's, Lockness monster, and a good KFC meal.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Munchkin(ZM) on 2005-03-03 at 22:14:46
Yes a good tasting KFC meal IS rare...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by wise_lb120 on 2005-03-04 at 18:20:32
well all u guys talking about lightning balls, i think they're real because these things would happen in forest like the wild fires that happen in the summer at oregon. and well thing happens in ways you thought it would