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Lightning on Jupiter

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill

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APOD: 2023 June 25 – Lightning on Jupiter

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j_bertolotti
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Anybody made an estimate of how much energy was released by that?
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The image is too closely cropped to judge it's size (need to see planet edge), but judging by the curvature compared to other photos of #Jupiter, that lightning bolt is roughly half the size of the planet Earth. Whoa! 😵
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