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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Lightning on Jupiter
Explanation:
Does lightning occur only on Earth? Spacecraft in our Solar System have detected radio signals consistent with lightning [ http://wwwghcc.msfc…] on other planets, including Venus [ http://www.seds.org…], Jupiter [ http://www.seds.org…], Saturn [ http://www.seds.org…], Uranus [ http://www.seds.org…], and Neptune [ http://www.seds.org…]. In the above photograph [ http://galileo.ivv.…], optical flashes from Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] were photographed recently by the Galileo orbiter [ http://galileo.ivv.…]. Each of the circled dots indicates lightning [ http://www.nofc.for…]. The numbers label lines of latitude [ http://www.met.fsu.…]. The size of the largest spot is about 500 kilometers across and might be high clouds illuminated by several bright lightning strokes.
Credit and Copyright:
Galileo Project, JPL, NASA
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Venus
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Uranus
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Callisto
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Earth
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Galileo
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Neptune
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Galileo Orbiter
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Venus
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Uranus
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Callisto
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SPD-APOD-ap970512

Lightning on Jupiter