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PHOTOGRAPHS purporting to be of ball lightning have been published by a number of authors, as discussed for example by S. Singer1. More recently, what is believed to be the first photograph of the formation of ball lightning has also been presented2,3.
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ERIKSSON, A. Video tape recording of a possible ball lightning event. Nature 268, 35–36 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/268035a0
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