Ball Lightning is Opal?

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Ball Lightning is Opal?

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Scientists got lucky and caught ball lightning with a spectroscope. I wonder if the lightning made "opal" that promptly burned up or if it just swept up dust with the electrons that make up the plamsa ball. http://physics.aps.org/articles/v7/5
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That's way cool, and the spectrum they caught is AWESOME! :!:

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I'd love to be able to ride down that thing like a slide. :lol:
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Re: Ball Lightning is Opal?

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Yeah that was a blur for the thumbnail. The actual movie is a lot more real. I found it thru scishow
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