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Science at Work: Lighting a Candle Without Touching It

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Turns out that to light a candle, you can literally ignite the smoke it emits. 14.05.2015, Sputnik International

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Science at Work: Lighting a Candle Without Touching It

13:14 GMT 14.05.2015

Turns out that to light a candle, you can literally ignite the smoke it emits.

When lighting a recently extinguished candle, sometimes it looks like it reignites just before flame touches a candlewick. Thanks to this slow motion video, now you can see exactly how it happens.