St. Elmo's fire (also called corposant, Hermes fire, furole, witchfire or witch's fire) [1] is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn [2] in an atmospheric electric field.

2019年11月26日 · St. Elmo's fire is a persistent blue glow that occasionally appears near pointy objects during storms. The name is something of a misnomer, as the electric phenomenon has...

2023年6月9日 · The phenomenon that causes St. Elmo's Fire is a dramatic difference in charge between the air and a charged object, like the mast of a ship, the tip of an airplane wing or the 30-foot steeple of a church -- things we often think of as potential lightning rods.

Saint Elmo’s fire, luminosity accompanying brushlike discharges of atmospheric electricity that sometimes appears as a faint light on the extremities of pointed objects such as church towers or the masts of ships during stormy weather, or along electric power lines.

St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 American coming-of-age film co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham.

2012年11月1日 · Elmo Rise, also known as Hellmo or Elmo Fire, is an exploitable image of a crudely designed Elmo from the children's television series Sesame Street that originally appeared as a cake decoration before it was photoshopped onto …

St. Elmo's Fire: Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore. A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.

1997年9月22日 · St. Elmo's Fire is a type of continuous electric spark called a "glow discharge." You've seen it many times before, since it is almost exactly the same as the glows found inside...

2024年4月13日 · St. Elmo’s Fire is a fascinating atmospheric phenomenon that has captured the imagination of sailors, pilots, and scientists for centuries. It is a glowing plasma discharge that appears as a blue or violet light on the tips of pointed objects, such as ship masts, airplane wings, or even the horns of cattle during thunderstorms.

2009年8月19日 · When the storm is particularly heavily charged, leaves, blades of grass and even the horns of cattle may glow at their tips. In fact, the glow of St. Elmo’s Fire has often been observed on sharp objects in the vicinity of tornadoes.