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  2. Heat lightning - Wikipedia

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    Heat lightning (not to be confused with dry thunderstorms, which are also often called dry lightning) is a misnomer [1] used for the faint flashes of lightning on the horizon or other clouds from distant thunderstorms that do not appear to have accompanying sounds of thunder.

  3. Mirage - Wikipedia

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    Heat haze, also called heat shimmer, refers to the inferior mirage observed when viewing objects through a mass of heated air. Common instances when heat haze occurs include images of objects viewed across asphalt concrete (also known as tarmac ), roads and over masonry rooftops on hot days, above and behind fire (as in burning candles , patio ...

  4. St. Elmo's fire - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of St. Elmo's fire on a ship at sea Electrostatic discharge flashes across the windscreen of a KC-10 cockpit.. St. Elmo's fire (also called witchfire or witch's fire [1]) is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn [2] in an atmospheric electric field.

  5. Atmospheric ghost lights - Wikipedia

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    In Banshū (now Hyōgo Prefecture), according to Nishihari Kaidan Jikki (in the section "Sayō Shunsō Anzekyū Ika wo Mishi Mono") an atmospheric ghost light would appear in the village of Sayō, Sayō District, Banshū. Although "perhaps it is a spider fire", its details have not been made clear. [13] Gongorōbi (権五郎火, lit. "Gongorō ...

  6. L.A. Fires Show the Reality of a World with 1.5°C of Warming

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    At least 10 people lost their lives and officials expect more deaths to come to light before the multiple infernos are tamed. Thousands of homes and a sprawl of entire neighborhoods were ...

  7. What is a heat dome, and why is it causing dangerously high ...

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    The hottest months of the year are fast approaching and thanks to a heat dome set to engulf the Western part of the country in the coming days, dangerously high temperatures are on the forecast ...

  8. Olbers's paradox - Wikipedia

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    That is, the light of each shell adds to the total amount. Thus the more shells, the more light; and with infinitely many shells, there would be a bright night sky. While dark clouds could obstruct the light, these clouds would heat up, until they were as hot as the stars, and then radiate the same amount of light.

  9. Jimmy Butler on if he wants to stay with Heat: 'That's a good ...

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    Butler and the Heat weren't able to come to terms on a contract extension this summer, meaning he has only a $52 million player option left on his Heat contract.