While these ghostly lights are usually confined to the Poles, extremely strong solar storms can drive them closer to the Equator.

虽然火的光通常只出现在2极，极端剧烈的太阳风暴也会让它们出现在赤道附近。

" That is an ignis fatuus, " was my first thought; and I expected it would soon vanish.

“那是火，”我首先想到；我期待它很快就会消失。

It might be but a will-o'-th'-wisp, but he thought he would follow it and ascertain whither it would lead him.

它可能只是一个火， 但他认为他会跟随它并确定它会把他引向何方。

The late 1500s also gave us the first use of the term will-of-the-wisp, which referred to ghostly lights found in swamps and bogs that were believed to be caused by fairies.

16世纪末还首次出现了“火” 一词，指的是在沼泽和泥炭地中发现的的光芒， 人们相信是由妖精引起的。

These ghost lights—variously called jack-o'-lanterns, hinkypunks, hobby lanterns, corpse candles, fairy lights, will-o'-the-wisps, and fool's fire—are created when gases from decomposing plant matter ignite as they come into contact with electricity or heat or as they oxidize.

些灯— — 各称为南瓜灯、 兴基朋克、 爱好灯笼、童话灯、 火和愚人之火— — 是当分解植物物质的气体在进入时点燃时产生的与电或热接触或氧化。