Polar Lightning on Jupiter

NASA's image library records Polar Lightning on Jupiter.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

Images taken by the New Horizons Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager LORRI of Jupiter night side showed lightning strikes. Each trike is probably the cumulative brightness of multiple strikes.

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A CLOSER LOOK

Images taken by the New Horizons Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager LORRI of Jupiter night side showed lightning strikes. Each trike is probably the cumulative brightness of multiple strikes.

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NASA Image and Video LibraryPolar Lightning on Jupiter

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