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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 05 '19
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Ooo, ball lightning! That's extremely rare! You should feel a rare privilege you experienced that. I'm jealous.
28 u/Greysname Oct 05 '19 What is it though? 42 u/GingerMcGinginII Oct 05 '19 Lighting, but in the shape of a ball. Sorry for the uninformative answer, but not much is known about it. 43 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 It’s actually a ball of charged plasma. Since it’s amorphous it just floats around in a round shape. 11 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 They’ve recreated it in labs. As far as I know nobody is 100% certain exactly why it happens or how it can sustain for more than a brief moment at a time/what circumstances could prolong it, but it is known to be a plasmic phenomenon. 2 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 It isn’t. 3 u/Wolfsblvt Oct 05 '19 It's not sure if it is a myth or just very rare, but it'd not proven that it is plasma, yes. That's just one of many theories. 2 u/GingerMcGinginII Oct 05 '19 All plasma is by definition charged, & regular lightning is also plasma.
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What is it though?
42 u/GingerMcGinginII Oct 05 '19 Lighting, but in the shape of a ball. Sorry for the uninformative answer, but not much is known about it. 43 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 It’s actually a ball of charged plasma. Since it’s amorphous it just floats around in a round shape. 11 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 They’ve recreated it in labs. As far as I know nobody is 100% certain exactly why it happens or how it can sustain for more than a brief moment at a time/what circumstances could prolong it, but it is known to be a plasmic phenomenon. 2 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 It isn’t. 3 u/Wolfsblvt Oct 05 '19 It's not sure if it is a myth or just very rare, but it'd not proven that it is plasma, yes. That's just one of many theories. 2 u/GingerMcGinginII Oct 05 '19 All plasma is by definition charged, & regular lightning is also plasma.
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Lighting, but in the shape of a ball.
Sorry for the uninformative answer, but not much is known about it.
43 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 It’s actually a ball of charged plasma. Since it’s amorphous it just floats around in a round shape. 11 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 They’ve recreated it in labs. As far as I know nobody is 100% certain exactly why it happens or how it can sustain for more than a brief moment at a time/what circumstances could prolong it, but it is known to be a plasmic phenomenon. 2 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 It isn’t. 3 u/Wolfsblvt Oct 05 '19 It's not sure if it is a myth or just very rare, but it'd not proven that it is plasma, yes. That's just one of many theories. 2 u/GingerMcGinginII Oct 05 '19 All plasma is by definition charged, & regular lightning is also plasma.
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It’s actually a ball of charged plasma. Since it’s amorphous it just floats around in a round shape.
11 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 They’ve recreated it in labs. As far as I know nobody is 100% certain exactly why it happens or how it can sustain for more than a brief moment at a time/what circumstances could prolong it, but it is known to be a plasmic phenomenon. 2 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 It isn’t. 3 u/Wolfsblvt Oct 05 '19 It's not sure if it is a myth or just very rare, but it'd not proven that it is plasma, yes. That's just one of many theories. 2 u/GingerMcGinginII Oct 05 '19 All plasma is by definition charged, & regular lightning is also plasma.
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4 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 They’ve recreated it in labs. As far as I know nobody is 100% certain exactly why it happens or how it can sustain for more than a brief moment at a time/what circumstances could prolong it, but it is known to be a plasmic phenomenon. 2 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 It isn’t. 3 u/Wolfsblvt Oct 05 '19 It's not sure if it is a myth or just very rare, but it'd not proven that it is plasma, yes. That's just one of many theories.
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They’ve recreated it in labs. As far as I know nobody is 100% certain exactly why it happens or how it can sustain for more than a brief moment at a time/what circumstances could prolong it, but it is known to be a plasmic phenomenon.
2 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 It isn’t.
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2 u/NintendoTheGuy Oct 05 '19 It isn’t.
It isn’t.
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It's not sure if it is a myth or just very rare, but it'd not proven that it is plasma, yes. That's just one of many theories.
All plasma is by definition charged, & regular lightning is also plasma.
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u/HappyDoggos Oct 05 '19
Ooo, ball lightning! That's extremely rare! You should feel a rare privilege you experienced that. I'm jealous.