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What is St Elmo's fire?

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St. Elmo's Fire is a weather phenomenon involving a gap in electrical charge. It's like lightening, but not quite. And while it has been mistaken for ball lightening, it's not that, either -- and it's definitely not fire.

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This is not a question it is just the name of a film. This film came out in 1985 and was directed by Joel Schumacher. St. Elmo's fire is also a weather phenomenon that luminous plasma is created by a coronal discharge from a sharp object.

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