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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    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.