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What Causes Ball Lightning - Nature's Most Elusive Spark?

What Causes Ball Lightning – Nature’s Most Elusive Spark?

Jan Otte

Picture this: you’re watching a thunderstorm from your window when suddenly, a glowing orange sphere appears, floating silently through your living room. It drifts past your television, hovers near the ceiling, then vanishes with a gentle pop. Sounds like science fiction, right? Yet thousands of people have reported exactly this phenomenon throughout history. Ball lightning ...