St Elmo's Fire

Jeffrey Arulraj

Jeffrey Arulraj

@jeffrey-xA7lUP • Oct 25, 2024
Well I never knew this existed till this day and the moment I found it I wanted to share it to CEans

Do check the links of how they are formed
St._Elmo's Fire

But still one thing puzzles me How come air break down in such low potential cos I don't find any material capable of breaking down air and causing a discharge in air Then how is it formed
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  • KenJackson

    KenJackson

    @kenjackson-mBf7HF • Jan 7, 2013

    I read about "St. Elmo's fire" and it's aural partner "the buzzing of the bees" forty years ago in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mountaineering-Freedom-Hills-50th-Anniversary/dp/1594851387/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357581867&sr=1-1&keywords=freedom+of+the+hills" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Amazon.com</a>. Though I trekked up a lot of mountains, I've never seen it. But I have heard the buzzing of the bees--that eerie static buzz that you can't quite place but seems like it's all around you. And now I can't even find one reference to the bees on the web.

    BTW, you didn't give the link you referenced.
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  • rahul69

    rahul69

    @rahul69-97fAOs • Jan 7, 2013

    Hmm...St._Elmo's Fire, one of the many wonders of nature. One such fascinating phenomenon I remember is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28astronomy%29" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Aurora %28Astronomy%29</a>. Maybe St._Elmo's Fire formation is similar to Aurora.
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  • Ankush Sharma

    Ankush Sharma

    @ankush-FCZUYR • Jan 8, 2013

    St. Elmo's fire is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a coronal discharge from a sharp or pointed object in a strong electric field in the atmosphere.
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