On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:46:19 +0200, "Derecho"
wrote:

The picture was not taken behind glass or plastic, the phenomenon was just
this bright. In fact, "the ball of light" wasn't even moving, but followed a
nearby strike and was attached to a light pole with power lines for a tram.
I think it isn't a "genuine ball lightning", but some sort of burning of
material (Magnesium?) from this pole or power line.
For those of you who understand Dutch a bit, follow the discussion on this
forum:
http://forum.vwkweb.nl/viewtopic.php?t=2925

Hmmm... the "orb" sounds like some variant of St Elmo's Fire then. Not
ball lightning anyway, I'd say it's far - too bright, tight and and
compact dor that.

Ball lightning usually floats free in the open air and earths out on
contact with physical objects... St Elmo's Fire is attached to
physical objects (but I've only seen ball lightning, not St Elmo's)

--
Dave