Chir Batti
Chir Batti, Chhir Batti or Cheer batti is a
It is described as an unexplained light occurring on dark nights as bright as a mercury lamp that changes its colour to blue, red and yellow and resembles a moving ball (reported also pear shaped form) of fire, which may move as fast as an arrow but may also stop.
In modern science, it is generally accepted that most ignes fatui are caused by the oxidation of phosphine (PH3), diphosphane (P2H4), and methane (CH4). These compounds, produced by organic decay, can cause photon emissions. Since phosphine and diphosphane mixtures spontaneously ignite on contact with the oxygen in air, only small quantities of it would be needed to ignite the much more abundant methane to create ephemeral fires. Furthermore, phosphine produces phosphorus pentoxide as a by-product, which forms phosphoric acid upon contact with water vapor.
See also
- Aleya (Ghost light), Bengal
- Aurora
- Brown Mountain Lights
- Hessdalen light
- Longdendale lights
- Marfa lights
- Min Min light
- Naga fireball
- Will-o'-the-wisp
References
- ^ a b c d e Ghost lights that dance on Banni grasslands when it’s very dark Archived 2009-01-14 at the Wayback Machine; by D V Maheshwari; August 28, 2007; The Indian Express Newspaper
- ^ "I read somewhere that on dark nights there are strange lights that dance on the Rann. The locals call them cheer batti or ghost lights. It’s a phenomenon widely documented but not explained." SOURCE: Stark beauty (Rann of Kutch); Bharati Motwani; September 23, 2008; India Today Magazine, Cached: Page 2 of 3 page article with these search terms highlighted: cheer batti ghost lights rann kutch [1][permanent dead link], Cached: Complete View - 3 page article seen as a single page [2]
- ^ "Chir Batti". Wondermondo. 2010-08-29. Retrieved 2010-08-29.