Jupiter's north pole
This is how Jupiter's north pole might look from a distance of about a quarter
million miles.
On the Sunlit side can be seen churning clouds of ammonia ice, ammonium hydrosulfide, and water ice. The "dark" side reveals a dazzling aurora and brilliant flashes of lightning hundreds of times brighter than lightning on Earth. Thunderstorms may be an important source of energy for Jupiter's winds that blow at more than 300 miles per hour.
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