Pusteblume_2000
Pusteblume_2000
St. Elmos fire I
This small lightning ON the windscreen is called St. Elmos fire.
The reason for those lightnings is the static charge when the aircraft flies through positive charged clouds, like the vicinity of thunderstorms and/or tiny ice crystalls.
It is a pulsating electric arc (duration app. 1/8 sec.) with a constantly changing shape and over 100.000V.
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Uploaded on May 26, 2009
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St. Elmos fire I
This small lightning ON the windscreen is called St. Elmos fire.
The reason for those lightnings is the static charge when the aircraft flies through positive charged clouds, like the vicinity of thunderstorms and/or tiny ice crystalls.
It is a pulsating electric arc (duration app. 1/8 sec.) with a constantly changing shape and over 100.000V.
8,834
views
3
faves
3
comments
Uploaded on May 26, 2009
Taken on May 26, 2009