Progress in the creation of long-lived atmospheric luminous formations in pulsed electric discharge with electrolytic electrode

In this work, based on an analysis of the work carried out in many countries of the world in recent years on the so-called Gatchina discharge, indicates that the Gatchina discharge reproduces most of the main features of natural ball lightning, recognized by the bulk of researchers, and offers the best way for the ball lightning reproduction and understanding its nature. To a large extent, the new results are based on experiments performed for the first time to visualize dust particles arising in an erosive emission, as well as the forming vortex flows. It is these experiments that make it possible to explain the ability to maintain its shape in the afterglow that occurs in the Gatchina discharge for a long time.