Link of the Week – St. Elmo’s Fire

[image error]How about a fun little mix of science and history for this week’s link?  Here’s a post I wrote for History Undressed on St. Elmo’s Fire—the weather phenomenon, not the coming-of-age movie starring the Brat Pack. Check out why superstitious sailors not afraid of the hissing blue sparks shooting off masts.

http://www.historyundressed.com/2017/10/st-elmos-fire-phenomenon-at-sea.html