# Yes; it was a ball of vaporised soil elements sustained after the stroke.

> Most likely: Yes; it was a ball of vaporised soil elements sustained after the stroke.

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# Yes; it was a ball of vaporised soil elements sustained after the stroke.

Yes; it was a ball of vaporised soil elements sustained after the stroke.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Soil lines persist through the ball's life, not only at formation.
- Temperatures are lower in the soil lines than in air lines, consistent with a burning cloud around a hotter core.

## What would rule it out

- Re-analysis showing the light is the decaying stroke channel or ground arc.

## Evidence 3 for · none against

[Optical power of about 4 kW for most of its life.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40AD246RMK/optical-power-of-about-4-kw-for-most-of-its-life)

Suggestive

FOR

[Si I and Fe I temperatures of about 4,300–4,600 K, below the oxygen-line temperature of about 8,750 K.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40ACTA0BPB/si-i-and-fe-i-temperatures-of-about-4-3004-600-k-below-the)

Suggestive

FOR

[Soil lines are present for the entire lifetime.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/evidence/EVD0D40ACJG69Z1/soil-lines-are-present-for-the-entire-lifetime)

Supported

FOR

## The questions it answers

[Does the 2012 Qinghai recording show a ball of burning soil vapour?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/questions/QST0D40A5QR3YCV/does-the-2012-qinghai-recording-show-a-ball-of-burning-soil)

Part of [What forms and powers ball lightning?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/ball-lightning/questions/QST0D40A5FY652V/what-forms-and-powers-ball-lightning)

Most likelyYes; it was a ball of vaporised soil elements sustained after the stroke

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Yes; it was a ball of vaporised soil elements sustained after the stroke. [Answer ANS0D40ACAP3GBV]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D40ACAP3GBV
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