human
I saw a ball of electricity or lightning outside. What was it?
gpt
It’s called a “ball lightning.” It is a type of electricity that can be found inside clouds, so you might have seen a cloud that looks like a ball.
human
But I saw it outside on the ground, not in the sky
Could you tell me what was happening when you saw this?
Ball lightning can appear both inside and outside clouds. It is a type of low-temperature plasma, which is electricity in a gas state. Plasma sometimes forms as an electrical discharge in a cloud, and it can then appear as a ball of light. If a cloud is especially electrified, it could produce a ball of lightning that leaves the cloud and falls to the ground.