The MacDill Air Force Base in Florida captured a beautiful, but dangerous phenomenon called St. Elmo's Fire. See it below. | NBC Connecticut

St. Elmo’s Fire This is such a rare capture! This video of St. Elmo’s Fire was captured by the crew of a NOAA 42 Kermit over the North Atlantic. St. Elmo’s fire is a rare weather phenomenon that looks like lightning but isn’t. It’s a shot of electrons called a corona discharge, and it occurs when there is a imbalance in a electrical charge. Some call it an electric fire. It looks dangerous but it actually isn’t and usually occurs around stormy weather. Those that have had the luck of seeing one,

An electrical discharge called St Elmo's Fire, a lightning-like weather phenomenon, was captured by pilots at MacDill Air Force Base as Florida's Gulf Coast prepared for fierce winds & torrential rain from Hurricane Idalia on Aug 28 #lightning #weather #phenomenon | CNBC-TV18

A rare lightning-like weather phenomenon called St Elmo’s fire was recorded by pilots at a military base in Tampa, US, on August 28. The occurrence happened as Florida’s Gulf Coast prepares for fierce winds and torrential rain from Hurricane Idalia, which grew from a tropical storm into a hurricane on August 29. | TRT World