Spectacular images of volcanic lightning in the Icelandic eruption
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Proud Mary
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There could of course be some triboelectric charge generated by the rubbing of particles, but the generation of a streaming potential by the forcing of a liquid through porous matter seems much more likely an explanation, because it does not depend on the interaction of particles widely separated in the triboelectric series.
see: Rocks that Crackle and Sparkle and Glow — Strange Pre-Earthquake Phenomena — Friedemann T. Freund Department of Physics, San Jose State University NASA Ames Research Center J. Sci. Exploration, 17, 37-71, 2003
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