PIA23983: Shallow Lightning on Jupiter (Illustration)
This illustration uses data obtained by NASA's Juno mission to depict high-altitude electrical storms on Jupiter.
 Target Name:  Jupiter
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Juno 
 Product Size:  2539 x 3373 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  SwRI 
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This illustration uses data obtained by NASA's Juno mission to depict high-altitude electrical storms on Jupiter. Juno's sensitive Stellar Reference Unit camera detected unusual lightning flashes on Jupiter's dark side during the spacecraft's close flybys of the planet.

More information about Juno is at http://www.nasa.gov/juno and http://missionjuno.swri.edu.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt

Image Addition Date:
2020-08-05