Philip Ball reports on new claims that the strange phenomenon of ball lightning is simply a kind of glowing candy floss spun from earth.
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Abrahamson,J. & Dinniss, J. Ball lightning caused by oxidation of nanoparticle networks from normal lightning strikes on soil. Nature 403, 519 2000.
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Ball, P. Great balls of what?. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000203-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000203-8