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ART0D40AM4P6G5E·Artifact · recording

Paolo Viviani's video of a probable ball lightning, Pruno, 2010

RecordingarXiv-nonexclusiveRecorded 20 June 2010, early afternoon
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

About six seconds of zoomed hand-held video taken on a trek in the Apuan Alps during a storm. It has no spectrum, so it shows motion and brightness, not composition.

Sello, Viviani and Paganini, 2010. arXiv-nonexclusive

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DocumentSello, Viviani and Paganini · arxiv.org · 2011-02 · arXiv-nonexclusivePrimary source: Ball lightning observation: an objective video-camera analysis report2 steps from the original

Where it was made

MonacoSan MarinoMilanTurinMarseilleGenoaBologna1Pruno200 kmRomeZagrebMonacoSan Marino1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Paolo Viviani's video of a probable ball lightning, Pruno, 2010 [Artifact ART0D40AM4P6G5E]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D40AM4P6G5E
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