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Its interesting that there are will-o'-wisp style folklore the whole world over. Whether or not its a real phenomenon, psychological, or a mix, its fascinating that it seem to be so universal.

echelon

12 minutes ago

This is exactly what I came to comment.

There are so many conserved ideas in folklore. Dragons, gods, fairy lights and will-o'-the-wisp. Star peoples, floods.

I wonder if structures in information and latent reality space cause us to draw these same conclusions and convergences.

tamimio

3 hours ago

Kind of reminded me of fata morgana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)

firefoxd

2 hours ago

And CNN's erroneous coverage of a fake fata morgana https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/20/world/china-floating-city-vid...

micromacrofoot

an hour ago

curious, has anyone ever tried to replicate the "gases escaping the earth and igniting on air contact" explanation for these (and similar phenomena like will o wisps?)

dyauspitr

7 minutes ago

Phospine does ignite on contact with air.