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The Incredible Phenomenon of Ball Lightning

The thunder cracked and the professor’s heart began to beat with excitement. The meeting at the Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg could wait; there were more important matters at stake. Georg Wilhelm Richmann hurried home, accompanied by his engraver, Sokolaw. His aim was to capture the lightning storm for future generations. However, and he did not count on the strange and potentially deadly phenomenon we now know as ball lightning.

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10 Most Bizarre Meteorological Phenomena

Strange meteorological disturbances are fascinating, some more explainable than others, all of them testament to the unbridled forces of nature, which more often than not leave us both humbled and in awe. Below are ten bizarre weather phenomena that demonstrate just what happens when the world's pent up energy is released.

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