Coode Island
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Coode Island is a former island at the convergence of the Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers, 4 km west of central Melbourne, Australia. The island was formed by the excavation of the Coode Canal in 1887, a
Container docks along the eastern side of the island
St. Elmo's fire
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St. Elmo's fire is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn in an atmospheric electric field
Coode Island
…the former island, which reduced its size. On 21 August 1991, a storage tank caught fire at the Anchor Tank facility on Coode Island, probably due to St. Elmo's fire, resulting in an explosion. About 8.5 million litres of organic compounds burned, including acrylonitrile and benzene, creating a toxic cloud over…
Illustration of St. Elmo's fire on a ship at sea
St. Elmo's fire on the flaps and flap track fairings of an A350 while going through a cumulonimbus cloud