ball lightning

Summary

ball lightning is an atmospheric electricity^[1]. It draws 2,777 Wikipedia views per month (atmospheric_electricity category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• ball lightning's image is recorded as Ball lightning.png^[3].
• ball lightning's image is recorded as Great Balls of Lightning in Maastricht 20110628.jpg^[4].
• ball lightning's instance of is recorded as atmospheric electricity^[5].
• ball lightning's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85011219^[6].
• ball lightning's subclass of is recorded as lightning^[7].
• ball lightning's subclass of is recorded as plasma^[8].
• ball lightning's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00567320^[9].
• ball lightning's Commons category is recorded as Ball lightning^[10].
• ball lightning's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bl_5^[11].
• ball lightning's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ball lightning^[12].
• ball lightning's Commons gallery is recorded as Ball lightning^[13].
• ball lightning's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0190885^[14].
• ball lightning's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/ball-lightning^[15].
• ball lightning's FAST ID is recorded as 825836^[16].
• ball lightning's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4690789^[17].
• ball lightning's Quora topic ID is recorded as Ball-Lightning^[18].
• ball lightning's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as aarde-weer-en-klimaat/bolbliksem^[19].
• ball lightning's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as ball-lightning^[20].
• ball lightning's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as kulelyn^[21].
• ball lightning's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 85555665^[22].
• ball lightning's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007282309805171^[23].
• ball lightning's Lex ID is recorded as kuglelyn^[24].
• ball lightning's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C85555665^[25].
• ball lightning's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as llamp-globular^[26].
• ball lightning's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/76010cac-05a9-453a-bf11-983ac75623fa^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for ball lightning include Ball Lightning^[28], a film^[29], directed by Ladislav Smoljak^[30].

Why It Matters

ball lightning draws 2,777 Wikipedia views per month (atmospheric_electricity category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Ball Lightning^[28], a film^[29], directed by Ladislav Smoljak^[30].