If an airplane flies through clouds in which positive charges have been separated from negative charges, it may pick up some of the cloud's overload of positive charges. Flames may flash along the wings and around the propeller tips. These are calles St. Elmo's fire. They are awe inspiring but harmless. (Definition from - From the gound Up) Pretty sweet stuff!!
I thought st. elmos fire was when something accumulates so much charge that it will start glowing a purplish color and it makes a buzzing sound as its ionizing the air. Hmm its a bit hard to discribe. It can happen with metal objects part of the mast of a ship or even a bulls horns. Its rare and there arent really any pictures of it. These videos look like static discharge. If you google search it theres at least a good drawn picture of what it might look like (on a ship).
They're not the same though. They may both be plasma, but St. Elmo's Fire is a continuous 'discharge' of plasma from a point. It got the name fire because it looked a little like flames, lightning does not. Retard.
If an airplane flies through clouds in which positive charges have been separated from negative charges, it may pick up some of the cloud's overload of positive charges. Flames may flash along the wings and around the propeller tips. These are calles St. Elmo's fire. They are awe inspiring but harmless. (Definition from - From the gound Up) Pretty sweet stuff!!
chriscameronmoher 10 months ago
Well, it was bluish, and I heard the buzzing--I'm convinced.
rabidrabbitshuggers 10 months ago
was this real or im just being stupid?
commando414 10 months ago
Io sapevo che era una luminescenza diffusa sulle punte prima o durante i temporali, non è così?
baco82 1 year ago
but maybe im wrong..
somprsn2525 1 year ago
I thought st. elmos fire was when something accumulates so much charge that it will start glowing a purplish color and it makes a buzzing sound as its ionizing the air. Hmm its a bit hard to discribe. It can happen with metal objects part of the mast of a ship or even a bulls horns. Its rare and there arent really any pictures of it. These videos look like static discharge. If you google search it theres at least a good drawn picture of what it might look like (on a ship).
somprsn2525 1 year ago 2
@smithbob
They're not the same though. They may both be plasma, but St. Elmo's Fire is a continuous 'discharge' of plasma from a point. It got the name fire because it looked a little like flames, lightning does not. Retard.
eyeball226 1 year ago
That's St. Elmo's fire, just bolts of lightening? Wut a let down.
peterparker12 3 years ago
watch this one.
it has a nice display of St Elmos Fire at the end
watch?v=6xExHkd2PdI
DerPoltergeist13 2 years ago
lol nice british airways reference there
mrinferno6969 3 years ago