Scientists Accidentally Capture the First Photograph of Jupiter's Lightning

Scientists have recorded lightning on Jupiter in radio observations. However, recently a historical event occurred -

The Juno space probe took the first ever photograph of Jupiter's lightning.

What is known

NASA freelancer accidentally discoveredphotograph of lightning in raw data collected by the spacecraft. The picture was taken on December 30, 2020, when the probe flew close to the north pole of the gas giant for the 31st time.

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The lucky recipient of the photo is Kevin M. Gill. In 2022, he completed processing data from the JunoCam camera. As it became known, the picture was taken from an altitude of approximately 32,000 km.

In the near future, scientists will be able to get moremore photos of Jupiter thunderstorms. This is due to the fact that for several months the spacecraft will regularly fly over the night side of the planet.