APOD: 2021 March 24 - Aurorae and Lightning on Jupiter

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Side-by-side Picture of the Day (ASbSPOD) for Wednesday, March 24, 2021 entitled "Aurorae and Lightning on Jupiter.'

Image: Aurorae and Lightning on Jupiter - Image Credit - NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI; Text - Natalia Lewandowska

APOD background
"Explanation: Why does so much of Jupiter's lightning occur near its poles? Similar to Earth, Jupiter experiences both aurorae and lightning. Different from Earth, though, Jupiter's lightning usually occurs near its poles -- while much of Earth's lightning occurs near its equator. To help understand the difference, NASA's Juno spacecraft, currently orbiting Jupiter, has observed numerous aurora and lightning events. The featured image, taken by Juno's Stellar Reference Unit camera on 2018 May 24, shows Jupiter's northern auroral oval and several bright dots and streaks. An eye-catching event is shown in the right inset image -- which is a flash of Jupiter's lightning -- one of the closest images of aurora and lightning ever. On Earth (which is much nearer to the Sun than Jupiter), sunlight is bright enough to create, by itself, much stronger atmospheric heating at the equator than the poles, driving turbulence, storms, and lightning. On Jupiter, in contrast, atmospheric heating comes mostly from its interior (as a remnant from its formation), leading to the hypothesis that more intense equatorial sunlight reduces temperature differences between upper atmospheric levels, hence reducing equatorial lightning-creating storms."

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Excellent astronomy picture share Maj William W. 'Bill' Price , have a great Wednesday sir.

Excellent APOD regarding "Aurorae and Lightning" on Jupiter!!! IMHO, where Jupiter has a much stronger magnetic field than Earth, the effects of the Sun's rays on Jupiter react stronger than planet Earth... Of course, I am hypothesizing a bit, but it seems logical... Great share!
Kerry
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