Hubble Provides Complete View of Jupiter's Auroras
Depicts: Jupiter
Copyright: John Clarke (University of Michigan), and NASA
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Jupiter's auroral images
are superimposed on a Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
image of the entire planet. The auroras are brilliant
curtains of light in Jupiter's upper atmosphere. Jovian
auroral storms, like Earth's, develop when electrically
charged particles trapped in the magnetic field surrounding
the planet spiral inward at high energies toward the north
and south magnetic poles.
Last Update: 1 September 2019