Sparks while Paragliding in the Black Forest
Today I was out paragliding in the Black Forest. The flying site is in Germany in the south-western part of the Black Forest near Freiburg (Germany) at the Elztal. The take-off site is called Gschasi (or Hans Uhl). You can find more details on this flying site here.
A very strange and mysterious thing happend during this flight. While holding my digicam to take some pictures of the clouds that had an icy structure on top some sparks started sizzeling around my gloves and the camera. The spectacle held on for about 5 seconds and i was quite astounded by that mini-lightning. I did not feel anything like an electric shock in my fingers and i am not sure what this phenomen was. I didn´t look like the camera produced this effect… More »
