Ball lightning experiment

Portland State University Physics dept. -- ball lightning like plasmas created between tungsten rod and silicon wafer dance around the floor.

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• ball
• lightning
• plasma
• plasmoid

[codyjohn1551]

l'm not an expert on this, but whatever other people say, im pretty sure plasma is supposed to float...

[sepyoukey]

@codyjohn1551 ... why?

[codyjohn1551]

@sepyoukey Because l recall that one of the characteristics, is that plasma usually floats..

[sepyoukey]

@codyjohn1551 What does plasma float upon? Why does something float? Is all ball lightning the same? What makes up ball lightning? If ball lightning is a plasma, then it is electrically charged. How does that influence its behavior? Keep asking questions.

[codyjohn1551]

@sepyoukey ...You think l invented plasma? lf it floats it floats. Every kind of fire floats too, the molecules rise up, blue, red, orange, purple, green, yellow. Every form of fire floats. Google it, and you can see the characteristics. l'm not trying to put things down here, but you gotta accept that this isnt ball lightning. lf anyone can correct me, please do. This is simply a heated sillicon that creates glow vapor.

[sepyoukey]

@codyjohn1551 yes, OBVIOUSLY, I think you invented plasma. Please, at least look up any definition of plasma, or vapor... or floating. I am not putting anything down either. However, I don't think you know the first thing about ball lightning. Nobody needs to correct you because you've given nothing factual to correct, blue, red, orange, purple, green, yellow.

[PrecisionEngineered]

Not ball lightening.

[sepyoukey]

I really appreciate all the comments. I especially like the ones stating that plasma isn't affected by gravity - those sound REALLY intelligent. And you experts on ball lightning: glad to meet you. In my research I couldn't find any consensus about what it really is. But I'm glad that you know everything about it. Keep up the good work!

[reknub]

woooo

[fyrdawg589]

you can also find this in welding shops made with arc welders

[codyjohn1551]

@sepyoukey ...Seems like l know more about ball lightning than you...show me a video of natural ball lightning thats not floating? Good luck.

PS: You should watch the show ''weird connections, great balls of fire''. A man did the same thing as you, and he was told it was NOT ball lightning. Later on, a professor shows you how to really make ball lightning. Dont act so immature.

[HellKnight93]

what the fuck? you just getting hot bits of metal flying. that same thing happens when you are welding metal.

[codyjohn1551]

@sepyoukey For starters, every ball lightning in nature video ive seen, were floating in mid-air. Second, just like fire, it rises up. Whatever it is made of, the molecules go up, just like fire. l've also seen a water discharge plasmaball, which was floating, the microwave plasmaball is also floating. By all means, l cant say this is ball lightning. l'm pretty sure one of the characteristics is that ball lightning usually floats..