# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CDhTIcEJEmK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11733932-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/cce5d3e74a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-08-05T20:01:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

⚡Looking for a spark in your life? ⁣
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New results from our Juno mission suggest the planet is home to “shallow lightning.” An unexpected form of electrical discharge, shallow lightning comes from a unique ammonia-water solution. ⁣
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It was previously thought that lightning on Jupiter was similar to Earth, forming only in thunderstorms where water exists in all its phases – ice, liquid, and gas. But flashes observed at altitudes too cold for pure liquid water to exist told a different story. This illustration uses data obtained by the mission to show what these high-altitude electrical storms look like. ⁣
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Understanding the inner workings of Jupiter allows us to develop theories about atmospheres on other planets and exoplanets! ⁣
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Illustration Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Heidi N. Becker/Koji Kuramura⁣
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#ArtistConcept #LightningStorm #NASA #Jupiter #Juno #StormyWeather⁣ #Illustration

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jupiter, stormyweather, lightningstorm, illustration, nasa, artistconcept, juno

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