Astronomy Picture Of The Day: That's a bolt of lightning On Jupiter.

 

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Paul Byrne

@ThePlanetaryGuy

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This image was taken by the

@NASAJuno

spacecraft on 30 December 2020 from an altitude of 32,000 km. Kevin Gill (

@kevinmgill

) processed the image in 2022. Lightning on Jupiter is known to take place in the polar regions, likely originating within ammonia-water clouds.