St. Elmo's Fire
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English: St. Elmo's Fire is an electro-luminescent discharge caused by the ionization of the air during thunderstorms inside of a strong electric field. Although referred to as "fire", St. Elmo's Fire is in fact a kind of plasma caused by massive atmospheric potential differences.
Deutsch: Ein Elmsfeuer (Sankt-Elms-Feuer, Eliasfeuer) ist eine elektrische Funkenentladung, die in der Atmosphäre bei Feldstärken von mehr als 100kV/m, also bei gewittrigen Wetterlagen an hohen, spitzen Gegenständen, wie zum Beispiel Schiffsmasten, Kirchtürmen und Bergspitzen auftritt.
Español: El fuego de San Telmo es un tipo de fuego fatuo consistente en una descarga electroluminiscente provocada por la ionización del aire dentro del fuerte campo eléctrico que originan las tormentas eléctricas.
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St. Elmo's Fire on Mast of Ship at Sea, in The Aerial World, by Dr. G. Hartwig, London, 1886.