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Whoa, ball lightning captured on camera?

 
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A friend sent me this link that may be ball lightning in Alberta, Canada. I don't know what it is, but it's damn freaky!

https://globalnews.ca/news/11272805/alberta-storm-lightning-ball-video-july/

 
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Neat!! I have heard of ball lightning, but never seen it. Not sure what else it could be, so I agree with that guess.
 
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Yes, I heard about that - very cool!

We get so little lightening where I live that any lightening is a big deal. It sounds like this event was pretty special.
 
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Jay Angler wrote:We get so little lightening where I live that any lightening is a big deal.


Jay, if you haven't experienced a great big prairie growler first-hand, you've missed out.
 
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Douglas Alpenstock wrote: Jay, if you haven't experienced a great big prairie growler first-hand, you've missed out.


No prairie ones, but my boys were born in Ottawa, and we had a doozy when we lived there.
 
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Never seen that though must have as there is a Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning


 
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