Sentences with phrase «luminous plasma ball»

These enter the clay tube, causing the water there to evaporate and a luminous plasma ball — consisting of ionised water molecules — to rise from the surface.

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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics and the Humboldt University, both in Berlin, have used underwater electrical discharges to generate luminous plasma clouds resembling ball lightning that last for nearly half a second and are up to 20 centimetres aPlasma Physics and the Humboldt University, both in Berlin, have used underwater electrical discharges to generate luminous plasma clouds resembling ball lightning that last for nearly half a second and are up to 20 centimetres aplasma clouds resembling ball lightning that last for nearly half a second and are up to 20 centimetres across.