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Not to be a clever clogs about it, but the same pattern of blue flashes are often seen in significant freezing rain conditions when transformers or wires flash
by xattt 3y ago
Not to be a clever clogs about it, but the same pattern of blue flashes are often seen in significant freezing rain conditions when transformers or wires flash over.
I believe the possibility of a piezoelectric effect, but the specific blue colour is what makes me think of a power lines versus fracturing rocks.
You can see that sections of the grid flicker in line with the transformers shorting out.
However, there is a distinct short white flash at the 12 second mark, before the longer blue flashes start which I would presume has a different cause.
- namenottaken1 3y agoI think that the "specific blue color" you see is explained with the composition of the atmosphere (nitrogen and oxygen mostly). The origin of such phenomenon won't change the colors (as long as it doesn't contribute with another elements).
- hinkley 3y agoThe 'specific blue color' you get from crunching life savers to see the piezoelectric effect is due to excitation of nitrogen, so yeah.