An early record of ball lightning: Oliva (Spain), 1619
In a primary documentary source we found an early record of ball lightning (BL), which was observed in the monastery of Pi (Oliva, southeastern Spain) on 18 October 1619. The ball lightning was observed by at least three people and was described as a <q>rolling burning vessel</q> and...
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doaj-06b6cd55485840f190573eebeab154cf2020-11-25T00:29:13ZengCopernicus PublicationsHistory of Geo- and Space Sciences2190-50102190-50292018-05-019798310.5194/hgss-9-79-2018An early record of ball lightning: Oliva (Spain), 1619F. Domínguez-Castro0Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Zaragoza, 50059, SpainIn a primary documentary source we found an early record of ball lightning (BL), which was observed in the monastery of Pi (Oliva, southeastern Spain) on 18 October 1619. The ball lightning was observed by at least three people and was described as a <q>rolling burning vessel</q> and a <q>ball of fire</q>. The ball lightning appeared following a lightning flash, showed a mainly horizontal motion, crossed a wall, smudged an image of the Lady of Rebollet (then known as Lady of Pi) and burnt her ruff, and overturned a cross.https://www.hist-geo-space-sci.net/9/79/2018/hgss-9-79-2018.pdf |
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In a primary documentary source we found an early record of ball lightning
(BL), which was observed in the monastery of Pi (Oliva, southeastern Spain)
on 18 October 1619. The ball lightning was observed by at least three people
and was described as a <q>rolling burning vessel</q> and a <q>ball of fire</q>. The
ball lightning appeared following a lightning flash, showed a mainly
horizontal motion, crossed a wall, smudged an image of the Lady of Rebollet
(then known as Lady of Pi) and burnt her ruff, and overturned a cross. |
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