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A LUMINOUS visual image, very closely resembling some 'ball lightning' observed at high altitudes, may be produced by the firing, without warning, of a photoflash bulb just beyond the limit of an observer's normal field of vision.
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IVES, R. Visual Image Produced by a Photoflash Bulb. Nature 142, 540 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142540b0
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