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| '''Chir Batti''', '''Chhir Batti''' or '''Cheer batti''' is a [[Will-o'-the-wisp|ghost light]] reported in the [[Banni grasslands]], a seasonal marshy wetlands<ref name="Ghost lights that dance on Banni grasslands when it’s very dark; August 28, 2007; The Indian Express Newspaper">[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=253114 Ghost lights that dance on Banni grasslands when it’s very dark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114034106/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=253114 |date=2009-01-14 }}; by D V Maheshwari; August 28, 2007; [[The Indian Express]] Newspaper</ref> and adjoining [[desert]] of the marshy [[Salt pan (geology)|salt flats]] of the [[Rann of Kutch]]<ref>"I read somewhere that on dark nights there are strange lights that dance on the Rann. The locals call them cheer batti or ghost lights. It’s a phenomenon widely documented but not explained." SOURCE: [http://www.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=&id=313&Itemid=§ionid=8&secid=48&completeview=1 Stark beauty (Rann of Kutch)]; Bharati Motwani; September 23, 2008; [[India Today]] Magazine, Cached: Page 2 of 3 page article with these search terms highlighted: cheer batti ghost lights rann kutch [https://www.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=313&Itemid=1&issueid=§ionid=8&secid=48&limit=1&limitstart=1]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Cached: Complete View - 3 page article seen as a single page [https://archive.is/20120803102541/http://www.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=&id=313&Itemid=§ionid=8&secid=48&completeview=1]</ref> near the India–Pakistan border in [[Kutch district]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. Local villagers refer to the light as Chir Batti in the [[Kutchi language|Kutchhi]]-[[Sindhi language]], with Chir meaning ghost and Batti meaning light.<ref name="Ghost lights that dance on Banni grasslands when it’s very dark; August 28, 2007; The Indian Express Newspaper"/>
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| It is described as an unexplained light occurring on dark nights as bright as a mercury lamp that changes its colour to blue, red and yellow and resembles a moving ball (reported also pear shaped form) of fire, which may move as fast as an arrow but may also stop.<ref name="wondermondo">{{cite web |url=http://www.wondermondo.com/Countries/As/India/Gujarat/ChirBatti.htm |title=Chir Batti |accessdate=2010-08-29 |date=2010-08-29 |publisher=Wondermondo}}</ref> As per local folklore, these lights have been a part of life in the Banni grasslands and the adjoining Rann of Kutch for centuries, but are little known beyond the immediate area and people continue to call them "ghost lights". Witnesses claim the lights at times appear to be playing [[hide and seek]] or following them.<ref name="Ghost lights that dance on Banni grasslands when it’s very dark; August 28, 2007; The Indian Express Newspaper"/> Some reports claim the light can only be seen after 8 pm on dark nights, are always two to ten feet above the ground, and if followed during the night, one could be misled from the road and lose their way in thorny jungles or desert of the salt flats of the Rann.<ref name="Ghost lights that dance on Banni grasslands when it’s very dark; August 28, 2007; The Indian Express Newspaper"/> A team of local and US [[ornithologists]]<ref name="Ghost lights that dance on Banni grasslands when it’s very dark; August 28, 2007; The Indian Express Newspaper"/> and soldiers of the Indian [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) who patrol the adjoining Rann of Kutch [[international border]] area of India with [[Pakistan]] have allegedly seen the light.
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| In modern science, it is generally accepted that most [[Will-o'-the-wisp|ignes fatui]] are caused by the oxidation of [[phosphine]] (PH<sub>3</sub>), [[diphosphane]] (P<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>), and [[methane]] (CH<sub>4</sub>). These compounds, produced by organic decay, can cause photon emissions. Since phosphine and diphosphane mixtures spontaneously ignite on contact with the oxygen in air, only small quantities of it would be needed to ignite the much more abundant methane to create ephemeral fires. Furthermore, phosphine produces phosphorus pentoxide as a by-product, which forms phosphoric acid upon contact with water vapor.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Aleya (Ghost light)]], Bengal
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| * [[Aurora]]
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| * [[Brown Mountain Lights]]
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| * [[Hessdalen light]]
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| * [[Marfa lights]]
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| * [[Min Min light]]
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| * [[Naga fireball]]
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| * [[Paulding Light]]
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| * [[Will-o'-the-wisp]]
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Atmospheric ghost lights]]
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| [[Category:Paranormal]]
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| [[Category:Weather lore]]
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| [[Category:Hindu mythology]]
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| [[Category:Kutch district]]
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