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St. Elmo's fire
St. Elmo's fire
(also
St. Elmo's light
) is a
weather phenomenon
in which luminous
plasma
is created by a
corona discharge
from a sharp or pointed object in a strong
electric field
in the
atmosphere
(such as those generated by
thunderstorms
or created by a
volcanic eruption
).
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