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ive heard its something paranormal but anytime i try to look it up i keep getting info about the show
whoops didnt realize i posted twice sorry, dont know what i was doing
it was an 80s flick...can't remember too much except Rob Lowe was in it... 
oh yeah, and Demi Moore and a couple others from the brat pack.
oh yeah, and Demi Moore and a couple others from the brat pack.
St. Elmo's fire isn't paranormal although it is strange. What it is, is ball lightning that occurs at sea. It usually always focuses on a ship's mast or other tall pointy object..
This might be useful. 
QUOTE(aquatus1 @ Dec 29 2004, 11:25 AM)
What is responsible for Kirilian photography is what is known as the Corona Effect, or St. Elmo's Fire, which is basically a mild electrical field energizing the humid air emanating from a given object. The camera has an energized plate which passes the electrical field to you when you place your fingers on it. The same effect has been observed for centuries by mariners as the static electricity of the wind energizes the humid air around the wooden mast and the ghostly green light of St. Elmo's fire flickers around the top.
The proof of this is when one removes the air around an object being photographed, i.e. the field around which the electric field propagates, one cannot photograph any sort of 'aura' around the object.
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The proof of this is when one removes the air around an object being photographed, i.e. the field around which the electric field propagates, one cannot photograph any sort of 'aura' around the object.
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I really think I was definitely talking about something completely different than the original post intended 
!...MY BAD!geez I feel like Ashley Simpson now...lol...
no wait...nevermind. Not that bad!
No not that bad..At least you didn't blame your back-up posters.. 
QUOTE(Falco Rex @ Jan 7 2005, 10:17 PM)
No not that bad..At least you didn't blame your back-up posters..
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HAHAHA...That is a good one! LMAO
i might be wrong, but what's that glowy stuff that happens in swamps--isn't that st elmos fire as well?
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i might be wrong, but what's that glowy stuff that happens in swamps--isn't that st elmos fire as well?
Those are called "will o' the wisps".
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i might be wrong, but what's that glowy stuff that happens in swamps--isn't that st elmos fire as well?
No thats Will O' the wisp thingie (sorry if i spelt it wrong) which no one has been able to prove one way or the other exactly what it is.
St Elmos fire is cool tho
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