Place

Lanzhou group's lightning observation site, Datong County, Qinghai

field observation site (about 2,530 m)

Field observation site (about 2,530 m)0

Note

The instruments' position as published by Cen et al. 2014 (37.013473° N, 101.620080° E); OpenStreetMap reverse geocoding puts it near Ta'er, Datong County, Xining. The ball itself was about 0.9 km from the instruments in a direction the paper does not give, hence the 1 km precision.

Located in 1

Qinghai Plateau, China

Place

PLC

Happened here 1

A ball lightning is recorded by two slitless spectrographs after a ground stroke

Event

EVT

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Lanzhou group's lightning observation site, Datong County, Qinghai [Place PLC0D40A0VG48W5]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D40A0VG48W5

@misc{mysteriesdept_plc0d40a0vg48w5,
  title     = {Lanzhou group's lightning observation site, Datong County, Qinghai},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0D40A0VG48W5},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D40A0VG48W5}
}