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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Lightning on Jupiter
NASA ^ | 25 Jun, 2023 | Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill

Posted on 06/25/2023 1:28:14 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Does lightning occur only on Earth? No. Spacecraft in our Solar System have detected lightning on other planets, including Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, and lightning is likely on Venus, Uranus, and Neptune. Lightning is a sudden rush of electrically charged particles from one location to another. On Earth, drafts of colliding ice and water droplets usually create lightning-generating charge separation, but what happens on Jupiter? Images and data from NASA's Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft bolster previous speculation that Jovian lightning is also created in clouds containing water and ice. In the featured Juno photograph, an optical flash was captured in a large cloud vortex near Jupiter's north pole. During the next few months, Juno will perform several close sweeps over Jupiter's night side, likely allowing the robotic probe to capture more data and images of Jovian lightning.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa; pottytalkhumor
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1 posted on 06/25/2023 1:28:14 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 06/25/2023 1:28:30 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; Agatsu77; America_Right; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 06/25/2023 1:29:02 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Better than lightning on Uranus.


4 posted on 06/25/2023 3:30:00 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Sodomy is nothing to be proud of.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

LOL!


5 posted on 06/25/2023 6:00:02 PM PDT by Deaf and Discerning
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To: EvilCapitalist

I bet there’s still a crack...


6 posted on 06/25/2023 6:08:28 PM PDT by samiam5
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To: EvilCapitalist

Uranus has whole arsenal of atmospheric phenomena besides lightening.


7 posted on 06/25/2023 6:22:00 PM PDT by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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To: left that other site

Well it is one of the gas giants.


8 posted on 06/25/2023 6:26:25 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Sodomy is nothing to be proud of.)
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To: MtnClimber

Imagine the size of the lightning bolts!
Zeus sized bolts!


9 posted on 06/25/2023 11:01:21 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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