RE: Telsa Tornandos, was: Sword-like VTTC spark pics

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>> David Rieben

Snip!

You know, you might just have the hint to what creates these sprites in the
subject line. A tornado had an eye of relatively calm air in the middle.
perhaps a small whirlwind is being occasionaly created at the top of the
sphere and since sparks travel through still air easier than moving air the
spark is following the eye of the "Storm".

It certainly would explain the corkscrew effect.