Mysterious lightning phenomenon recorded after thunderstorm
An image that seems like it could only be found in a science fiction movie has been clearly recorded in a video in Alberta, Canada. Experts believe that this could be one of the rare evidences of the phenomenon of ball lightning, a long-standing mystery of meteorological science .
Unusual phenomena recorded after thunderstorms
In the 23-second video that has gone viral on social media, a bright blue ball of light suddenly appears and hovers close to the ground right after a lightning bolt strikes an area less than a kilometer away.
The person who happened to capture this rare moment was Mrs. Melinda Pardy, who was standing on her porch and unconsciously raised her phone to film the sky after the storm.
"It looked like an electric spark, but it was colourful and the way it moved was completely unusual," Melinda recounted in a video aired by CTV News Canada.
According to witnesses, the ball of light was 1–2 meters in diameter, existed for about a minute, then disappeared with a strange "pop" sound.
“If this is indeed ball lightning, it is one of the clearest and most impressive videos I have ever seen,” said George Kourounis, a renowned storm chaser.
However, there are still skepticism on social media. Some people think that the ball of light in the video could be an electric arc from a high-voltage power line, but according to the homeowner couple, there are no power lines in the surrounding area.
"This is definitely a rare and very unusual meteorological phenomenon," said Frank Florian, director of space science at the TELUS World of Science Center in Canada. "It could be ball lightning, or it could be something related to lightning."
Lightning: Science's Unsolved Mystery
The phenomenon of ball lightning has long been recorded through thousands of accounts around the world, but until now, there has been no official scientific explanation.
There is still no official scientific explanation for the phenomenon of ball lightning (Illustration: Getty).
Some reports describe ball lightning that can float in mid-air, pass through windows, or hover across rooms, and come in a variety of colors and sizes. This variety makes it difficult for scientists to determine whether the descriptions have a common physical origin.
Over the past few decades, scientists have attempted to simulate ball lightning in the laboratory, creating plasma balls to understand the formation mechanism.
A prominent 2014 study in China captured video of what is believed to be a real ball of lightning, appearing at the moment of lightning striking the ground. Analysis showed that the ball may be made up of tiny particles of soil that vaporize and glow.
However, experts have not yet reached a consensus on this hypothesis. Some other physicists believe that this phenomenon may simply be light being trapped in a compressed gas at high pressure, rather than actual glowing matter.
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