[DOC] [TLE] St. Elmo's fire - Wikipedia [PAR] St. Elmo's fire (also St. Elmo's light) is a weather phenomenon in which luminous 
plasma is ... Sailors may have considered St. Elmo's fire as a good omen (as in, a 
sign of the ... Conditions that can generate St. Elmo's fire are present during .... to 
St. Elmo's fire being seen around the fleet's ships multiple times off the coast of... [DOC] [TLE] What causes the strange glow known as St. Elmo's Fire? - Scientific ... [PAR] St. Elmo's Fire and normal sparks both can appear when high electrical ... Among 
other differences, ball lightning can drift around like a soap bubble, while St. ... 
glow of St. Elmo's fire is sometimes observed at night from the tops of ships' 
masts ... St. Elmo is the patron saint of sailors but St. Elmo's fire is not bound to 
the sea. [DOC] [TLE] What Causes St. Elmo's Fire - Today I Found Out [PAR] Apr 14, 2014 ... This phenomenon can trace its name back to an Italian saint Sant 'Ermo or St. 
Erasmus around 300 A.D., the patron saint of early Mediterranean sailors. This 
glow tended to appear on the tops of the masts of ships during the ... It can be 
seen on the tops of church steeples, lightening rods, the tips of... [DOC] [TLE] What is St. Elmo's Fire? | HowStuffWorks [PAR] St. Elmo's Fire is a weather phenomena that often appears on the masts of ships 
and the ... St. Elmo's torchlike flames shoot off the mast of a ship at sea. ... And 
while it has been mistaken for ball lightning, it's not that, either -- and it's definitely 
not fire. ... of St. Ermo or St. Erasmus, the patron saint of Mediterranean sailors. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about PATRON SAINTS - StudyStack [PAR] Free flashcards to help memorize facts about PATRON SAINTS. ... THIS PATRON 
SAINT OF MEDITERRANEAN SAILORS LENT HIS NAME TO A ... SAINT OF 
SAILORS, THIS FORM OF LIGHTNING CAN BE SEEN AROUND SHIP MASTS, 
ST. [DOC] [TLE] An Overview on Types of Lightning | Actforlibraries.org [PAR] One bolt of lightning can carry as much as 100 million volts. ... Cloud-to-ground 
lightning is the most commonly observed and the second most common form of 
lightning. ... far away to hear the thunder, but the intra-cloud lightning can still be 
seen. ... of their ships' masts and named it after St. Elmo the patron saint of sailors
. [DOC] [TLE] St Elmo's fire - Electric Universe - Electric Universe theory [PAR] Aug 17, 2009 ... Ball lightning is often erroneously identified as St. Elmo's fire. ... St. Elmo's fire can 
also appear on leaves, grass, and even at the tips of cattle horns. ... top-gallant 
mast-head, was a ball of light, which the sailors name a corposant ... St. Elmo's 
fire being seen around the fleet's ships multiple times off the coast... [DOC] [TLE] MediaWiki API Result - Electric Universe theory [PAR] [[Ball lightning]] is often erroneously identified as St. Elmo's fire. ... &lt;ref name=
&quot;Barry&quot;&gt;Barry, J.D. (1980a) ... from tall, sharply pointed structures 
such as [[lightning rod]]s, [[mast (sailing)|masts]], [[spire]]s .... refer to St. Elmo's fire 
being seen around the fleet's ships multiple times off the coast of South America. [DOC] [TLE] Lightning - TheWeatherOutlook [PAR] Fork lightning can travel cloud to ground, ground to cloud, or cloud to cloud, ... 
type of lightning and St Elmo's fire is that ball lightning can float around freely, ... 
first seen by sailors on the masts of ships, and St Elmo is the patron saint of 
sailors. ... This form of lightning has been given various names like Red Sprites, 
Green... [DOC] [TLE] Details about the forms of lightning - USATODAY.com [PAR] Flashes of lightning can illuminate entire clouds, making them visible from miles 
away. ... It's called heat lightning because it is seen more frequently on hot 
summer ... Named for

Question: Name for the patron saint of sailors, this form of lightning can be seen around ship masts
Answer: St. Elmo\'s fire