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NASA captures rare moment Jupiter is struck by GREEN lightning bolt (www.dailymail.co.uk)
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NASA's Juno spacecraft, which has been probing Jupiter since 2016, captured the moment lightning crackled in the gas giant's stormy atmosphere at its north pole.

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[–] swope@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Seems reasonable to me!

I said Rhodes Islands mainly as a joke, but it seems I picked some ergonomic units for this case.

What an incredible image and unimaginably powerful lightning!