Microwaving Ball Lightning
Sep 26, 2008 | making candles at home
Microwaving just an ordinary 40 watt lightbulb unleashed a rather extraordinary surprise of massive and very stable ball lightning that just hovered around on the microwave ceiling for a whole minute. I had to just it off because it was eating it’s way right through the microwave as a 3″ bulge started to appear on top of the microwave. Usually ball lightning only occurs in the candle experiment with a glass, this had no glass making this the first time I had ever seen anything like this. Remember, microwaving food is for morons.
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September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
hahahahaha funny!!!!
hahahahaha funny!!!!
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
man, when is the …
man, when is the fourth form of matter(plasma) never cool? awesome vid bro!!!
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
haha!
yes, …
haha!
yes, apparently you should NOT put a microwave at groin height…!
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
you stood this …
you stood this close while performing this experiment? Don’t be surprised if your kids come out all deformed…
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Seriously bro , …
Seriously bro , don’t try so hard trying to explain , it’s really hard for them to understand that plasma is not a a noble gas but the 4th state of matter. Just hope it’s not them building your plasma-tv lol.
And yes, the video does not show a ball lightning it shows plasma. Ionizing.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Amazing how long it …
Amazing how long it remained in stasis.
Very unusual and difficult to obtain a stable microwave plasma in a commercial oven for this length of time.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
sweet xD
sweet xD
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
ooo! I am going to …
ooo! I am going to have to show my dad this one! that is am extremely interesting occurrence.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
i have to try that …
i have to try that : )
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Hope you wasnt …
Hope you wasnt plannin’ on havin’ kids anytime soon. Likely that ghost magic fire non plasma science ball made you all sterile like.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
No one can still …
No one can still fully explain the phenomenon. Wikipedia ^^
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
yeah in the sixtees …
yeah in the sixtees little girl.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
That’ll teach ya to …
That’ll teach ya to around with metal in microwaves
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
ammm i think that …
ammm i think that your all wrng ball litning is an unknow fanaima but what do i know im jost a stuped little girl no ….. you all suck
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Why were you …
Why were you wearing a gas mask? I could see you in the refection in the end.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
No the gases do NOT …
No the gases do NOT react with the microwaves, the microwaves supply energy. What you are watching is either the gases being illuminated by the electromagnetic radiation, which in this case is the microwave frequency range, the radiation excites the outer valence electrons to a higher state, plasma state, giving off light, like a crappy flourescent light. Or you are watching a combustion reaction whose activation energy is supplied by the electromagnetic radiation. Like I said, read a book.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
And yet what …
And yet what happens when you light a match and put it out? Gases leave the remains. reacting with the microwaves createing plasma that floats freely around as seen plenty of times.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
And yet what …
And yet what happens when you light a match and put it out? Gases leave the remains. reacting with the microwaves createing plasma that floats freely around as seen plenty of times.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
You too are an …
You too are an idiot. You also should pick up a physics book. I’m not even going to explain how stupid you guys are. I will say only this, plasma is a state like gas or liquid NOT a substance, something in a plasma state IS more reactive, and it does not matter what is in the flourescent lights, passing an AC current through any gas will produce some form of visible light, but typically halides and inert gases are used, due to their low reactivity.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
You are an idiot. …
You are an idiot. Pick up a physics book. Plasma is a state such as liquid, solid and gas. That is like saying if you get a bubble of air in water the water will explode like a grenade. When you see a spark from electricity you are seeing plasma, particles excited to the plasma state.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
That was really …
That was really stupid!!!
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
thats because the …
thats because the microswave is energising that ball
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
your kinda a numb …
your kinda a numb nuts
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Before you try to …
Before you try to give advice, try checking your spelling. And do some reading bud, because it sounds like you don’t know what you’re talking about…
September 26th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Not sure, I have …
Not sure, I have yet to mess too much with neon or fluorescent, But I have experimented a few times with raw plasma, It doesnt seem to react too well…at least without microwaves.