Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2023 June 25
   [2]A large swirling cloud on Jupiter is shown with a bright green spot
    near its top. The cloud is surrounded by other less descript parts of
       Jupiter's upper atmosphere. Please see the explanation for more
                            detailed information.

                            Lightning on Jupiter
     Image Credit: [3]NASA/[4]JPL-Caltech/[5]SwRI/[6]MSSS; Processing &
                        [7]License: [8]Kevin M. Gill

   Explanation: Does lightning occur only on Earth? No. Spacecraft in our
   Solar System have detected lightning on other planets, including
   [9]Mars, [10]Jupiter and [11]Saturn, and lightning is likely on
   [12]Venus, [13]Uranus, and Neptune. Lightning is a [14]sudden rush of
   electrically charged particles from one location to another. [15]On
   Earth, drafts of colliding ice and water droplets usually create
   lightning-generating charge separation, but [16]what happens on
   Jupiter? Images and data from NASA's [17]Jupiter-orbiting Juno
   [18]spacecraft bolster previous speculation that [19]Jovian lightning
   is also created in clouds containing water and ice. In the [20]featured
   Juno photograph, an optical flash was captured in a large cloud vortex
   near [21]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 [22]Jovian
   lightning.

                  Tomorrow's picture: mountains below venus
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