ball lightning produced in laboratory

A artificial ball lightning is produced in the laboratory by passing a very high current through a carbon rod into a silicon wafer

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[Taldaran]

In welding we used to call it dingleberries. Hot globules of molten metal which is what this is. Not ball lightning. If it was ball lightning, it would float in the air until it hit something to ground out to. The surrounding air has to be exceedingly dry,so it acts as an insulator to encapsule the high charge of ions.

[dandersononutube]

I don't think this is ball lightning. It is tiny balls of burning silicon. Silicon burns very hot (like magnesium) and is light weight. They get lighter and lighter as they burn up, causing them to bounce higher. They also eject material in all directions as they burn. Material ejecting downward pushes them off the counter top.

[TheMrSpam]

aperture science, here we go!

[flowmeterdirectory]

keep safe

[Pujc]

idiots...

[fight2legalize]

Ball lightning is man-made, as you can see here. Ball lightning in nature is caused by HAARP.

[rbolo29]

Put a lite cigarette inside an upside down glass to prevent damage to the inside of the microwave oven.

[jigglesnap]

Oh! I've got a great idea! Why don't you create ball lightning in front of a white background so that it's not visible in the video?

[Tdog283]

I've done this with my capacitor bank for my coilgun. The stuff disappears after it hits the ground, at least in my lab. Molten metal would normally re-solidify and would thus be visible after it cools down.

[teslaandlyne]

From Tesla in his Colorado Springs Notes: heated air/atmosphere/ether expands, creates spherical vacua which expands and contracts. He called them 'fireballs'.

[lb10003]

I saw ball lightning inside a house during a thunderstorm. A bolt of lightning nearly hit the house and then three or four giant sparks, about the size of grapefruit, came through a closed window, bounced off the floor and disappeared. Nothing was damaged. It looked very much like what's in the video, but the real thing was MUCH bigger.