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800-Year-Old Chronicle Turns Out to Be Earliest Report of Ball Lightning in England

28 January 2022 by panda

One day in June 1195, around noon, something unusual took place near the city of London. A dark cloud appeared to give birth to a white orb of light, which dropped towards the Thames river, rising and falling in a spinning motion.   The observation – recorded by the Benedictine monk Gervase of Christ Church … Read more

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