2023-06-20 04:06:34
A NASA spacecraft captured an image of the eerie glow of lightning inside a vortex on Jupiter, according to CNN. And the network reported, on Monday, that the green lightning bolt was seen inside one of the many vortices that gather near Jupiter’s north pole. According to the network, scientists are still trying to understand many aspects of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, including its massive storms and how lightning and lightning-like events occur on the planet described as a “gas giant”. And “CNN” stated that lightning bolts originate from water clouds on Earth, and most of these waves occur near the equator. But on Jupiter, lightning bolts originate from clouds of ammonia and water, and occur most often near the planet’s poles. CBS News stated that the Juno spacecraft, which arrived for the first time to observe Jupiter and its moons, in 2016, captured the event during its close flyby of the gas giant, on December 30, 2020. The mission was about 19,900 miles (32,000 km) away. ) above the cloud tops when the photo was taken. Using raw data from the spacecraft’s JunoCam instrument, scientist Kevin M. Gill developed the final image in 2022, according to the network. The network explained that the initial images of Jupiter and its satellites, taken by JunoCam, are being published online. The ongoing investigation of Juno will help scientists gain a greater understanding of the largest planet in the solar system and its distinctive characteristics, according to the network.
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