>> ^Sniper007:

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
The red ball is likely the heat glow of the object it hit, which doesn't mean an explosion, but incandescence. Lightning itself is glowing because of the incandescent effect of 30,000K temperatures on the gasses of the air + the refraction of air itself. Many of the objects in an around our houses are very rich in carbon, and carbon glows red, orange and yellow depending on the temperature. Add in the very white effect of lightning at close range and wallah, you got yourself a pretty red/white "explosion". That is my guess!

Isn't the "incandescent effect of a 30,000k temperaturre object" one portion of what comprises an "explosion"? Or to phrase it another way, if that wasn't an explosion, then what is? It seems like it was a rapid expansion of air which produced a burst of light and sound... AKA an explosion(?)


Absolutely correct, I used sloppy language, I meant it wasn't combustion (such is the meaning of explosion when we normally talk about it). Thunder is most surely the result of an explosion of air expanded by plasma. Good catch!

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

The red ball is likely the heat glow of the object it hit, which doesn't mean an explosion, but incandescence. Lightning itself is glowing because of the incandescent effect of 30,000K temperatures on the gasses of the air + the refraction of air itself. Many of the objects in an around our houses are very rich in carbon, and carbon glows red, orange and yellow depending on the temperature. Add in the very white effect of lightning at close range and wallah, you got yourself a pretty red/white "explosion". That is my guess!


Isn't the "incandescent effect of a 30,000k temperaturre object" one portion of what comprises an "explosion"? Or to phrase it another way, if that wasn't an explosion, then what is? It seems like it was a rapid expansion of air which produced a burst of light and sound... AKA an explosion(?)

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If this is Florida, which I believe it is, it is also there to dissuade the gators. >> ^Sagemind:

Ya, it's just there to keep the leaves from falling into the pool...
>> ^hamsteralliance:
>> ^VoodooV:
Is her little atrium just poorly designed or is there just some open area I can't see since there was rain coming in.

I think it's all mesh. I can see tiny ripples in the material as the wind blows.

Ya, it's just there to keep the leaves from falling into the pool...
>> ^hamsteralliance:

>> ^VoodooV:
Is her little atrium just poorly designed or is there just some open area I can't see since there was rain coming in.

I think it's all mesh. I can see tiny ripples in the material as the wind blows.

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>> ^VoodooV:

Is her little atrium just poorly designed or is there just some open area I can't see since there was rain coming in.


I think it's all mesh. I can see tiny ripples in the material as the wind blows.

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>> ^Fantomas:

>> ^Reefie:
>> ^Fantomas:
What the hell was that?

Just a wild guess, I'd suggest lightning?
When freeze-framing you can definitely see the lightning bolt, but the resulting fireball looks like it hit something combustible.


Just hitting a tree can result in a fireball, which I think is the case here.

>> ^Reefie:

>> ^Fantomas:
What the hell was that?

Just a wild guess, I'd suggest lightning?
When freeze-framing you can definitely see the lightning bolt, but the resulting fireball looks like it hit something combustible.

>> ^Fantomas:

What the hell was that?


Just a wild guess, I'd suggest lightning?

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