![Got some great photos recently of static discharge, St Elmo's Fire and even the moment lightning lit up the cockpit! : r/aviation Got some great photos recently of static discharge, St Elmo's Fire and even the moment lightning lit up the cockpit! : r/aviation](https://preview.redd.it/got-some-great-photos-recently-of-static-discharge-st-elmos-v0-fu2p6t3g13ob1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=2c0348fd9870baeddf884a6b603f5fca2b50c33d)
Got some great photos recently of static discharge, St Elmo's Fire and even the moment lightning lit up the cockpit! : r/aviation
My view from the Cockpit - Lucky shot of a very rare St. Elmo's fire 🙌🏻 in an eletrically charged cloud ⚡️⚡️⚡️. . . St. Elmo's fire is a form of plasma.
![St. Elmo's fire occurs when the atmosphere becomes charged and an electrical potential strong enough to cause a discharge (plasma) is created between an object and the air around it (in this St. Elmo's fire occurs when the atmosphere becomes charged and an electrical potential strong enough to cause a discharge (plasma) is created between an object and the air around it (in this](https://preview.redd.it/st-elmos-fire-occurs-when-the-atmosphere-becomes-charged-v0-bnj6vai7hxz91.jpg?auto=webp&s=3f5d09942a82ce7eae387fc7114ab99d75697006)