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Shallow Lightning on Jupiter (Illustration)

Aug 05, 2020
This illustration uses data obtained by NASA's Juno mission to depict high-altitude electrical storms on Jupiter.

This illustration uses data obtained by NASA's Juno mission to depict high-altitude electrical storms on Jupiter. Juno's sensitive Stellar Reference Unit camera detected unusual lightning flashes on Jupiter's dark side during the spacecraft's close flybys of the planet.

More information about Juno is at http://www.nasa.gov/juno and http://missionjuno.swri.edu.

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