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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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[–] slake-moth@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This can be a little confusing.
You may have mistaken the Red Spot and the cyclones near Jupiter's North Pole. The largest of the cyclones (the polar one) is only ~1,864 Miles in diameter.

Even though the southern cyclones are larger, here is an interesting comparison of the US and Texas compared to those.