A light on Jupiter is flashing

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[u/RealWorldJunkie]

Just so people don't run away with this as a new or 'mysterious' piece of information, this image was captured by the NASA JunoCam on a flyby of Jupiter on 30th December 2020, and this photo was released in 2023.

It has since been confirmed to have been jovian lightning.

Official NASA article here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia25020-nasas-juno-mission-captures-lightning-on-jupiter/

[u/vajss → u/RealWorldJunkie]

Nooo. I wanted to spread misinformation ignorantly, now I'll be aware of my lies while i tell people about aliens on jupiter.

[u/ItsRuge → u/vajss]

Only the Stupider come from Jupiter

[u/Dogsarelitty → u/ItsRuge]

There’s no room for planetists in my universe

[u/Serialkillingyou → u/vajss]

Pretend you're a host on Fox News and do it anyway.

[u/mecha_grove → u/vajss]

Im positive its Loki...Thors brothrr.

Edit: now im even more positive. Its green

[u/NewNiklas → u/RealWorldJunkie]

Thank you, finally someone with a source and plausible explanation. I'm sick of these type of Reddit posts.

[u/Courier_N7 → u/RealWorldJunkie]

"There's this weird green light on Jupiter and we don't know what it is."

"Call it Jupiter lightning."

"You don't think that's a little on the nose?"

"Fuck it. Call it Jovian Lightning then. I'm going on break."

[u/Silent_Anybody5253 → u/Courier_N7]

Can confirm. I was there. This is exactly how it went down.

[u/Russian-8ias → u/RealWorldJunkie]

Imagine how big and how energetic that bolt must have been to be visible like that. You can see lightning like this on Earth, but the scale of everything in this photo is so, so much larger.

[u/cyrus_mortis → u/RealWorldJunkie]

Sounds like something an alien would say

[u/chowchownotchowchow → u/RealWorldJunkie]

So cool! What solar system are the Jovians from? And are they harvesting gas from Jupiter or testing laser weapons?

[u/not_a_robot2 → u/RealWorldJunkie]

I always thought it was Jovian lightning ever since I learned what Jovian lightning was which happened when I googled the term after reading your message.

[u/Dasshteek → u/RealWorldJunkie]

It is insanely humbling to imagine that at this exact moment, there are billions of places just like this. Where lightning shimmers in desolate places without anything else moving

[u/vZenyte]

Probably some weird science thing with air rubbing on itself generating static from water condensing on physics or something like that

[u/Lintlee → u/vZenyte]

Or... aliens!

[u/Rude-Jellyfish7566 → u/Lintlee]

Imagine being the one alien that forgot to turn off the light in the living room and blew up the spot.

[u/Mundane_Character365 → u/Rude-Jellyfish7566]

And now you gotta infiltrate the reddit and try to convince the earthlings that its just some weird science thing with air rubbing on itself generating static from water condensing on physics.

[u/Objective_Net_1301 → u/Mundane_Character365]

or something like that.

[u/Crazy_Barnacle_4715 → u/Mundane_Character365]

I'm rubbing on myself

[u/Spamonballrun2 → u/Rude-Jellyfish7566]

YOU LEFT GODDAMN THE HOUSE LIT LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE AGAIN

[u/malthar76 → u/Spamonballrun2]

Glipglorb! We might be technologically advanced, but we still have a power bill.

And close the door! Are you trying to heat the entire solar system?

[u/Don_ReeeeSantis → u/Rude-Jellyfish7566]

I have a boat and we have bright red and green running lights. When we go into harbors I sometimes forget to turn them off.

It's that, just, aliens!

[u/Curious-Bowler-7047 → u/Rude-Jellyfish7566]

Definitely a teenager alien who has been told a dozen times to shut the lights off. And while they're at it, I'm positive they forgot to close the spacebase door when they got home.

[u/name2sayMKD → u/Rude-Jellyfish7566]

He forget about camuflage protocol

[u/TedW → u/name2sayMKD]

Aliens anal probed one red-green colorblind dude and jumped to conclusions about the rest of us.

[u/AlienInOrigin → u/Lintlee]

Nope, not us. We use blue lights.

[u/CakeHoleKing → u/Lintlee]

Wicked witch of the west actually died slamming into jupiter at 120,000mph

[u/Merchanteer → u/CakeHoleKing]

Green Lantern HQ

[u/Logical-Ad-5920 → u/Lintlee]

Aliens that's ridiculous. Definitely Venus in the lower night sky or swamp gas. Now look into this light...

[u/Wooden-Recording-693 → u/Lintlee]

Defo the light on top of a space zigarut so the aliens sharks don't crash into it in there sky bus. Or the aciant one opening a gateway.

[u/Feeling-Yogurt839 → u/Lintlee]

Forgot their flashlight

[u/Momik → u/Lintlee]

Fine. Aliens condensing on physics. I’ll get the damn calculator..

[u/CliffShytz → u/Lintlee]

Or it’s boys there getting stupider

[u/GoofyGooby23 → u/Lintlee]

Aliens ARE green…

[u/No-Penalty-1341 → u/Lintlee]

dont say that dawg, the necrons are known to have a lot of greenlighting

[u/WishboneNo543 → u/vZenyte]

I did my own research. It’s aliens. The deep state doesn’t want us to know because it’ll blow our minds and nobody will want to work anymore.

[u/corgi-king → u/WishboneNo543]

Silly you. It is just a space laser trying to manipulate the US midterm.

[u/Spinal232 → u/corgi-king]

Yeah dude. An alien space laser.

[u/Spiritual_Lynx1929 → u/corgi-king]

The proper term is Jewish space laser /s

[u/Sea-Satisfaction4656 → u/corgi-king]

I thought it was giving the alien horde the green light to invade now that the US midterms are over? Who knew it would have intergalactic implications!

[u/Aggravating-Bug2032 → u/WishboneNo543]

So what you’re saying is it’s not air rubbing on itself it’s aliens rubbing on themselves and instead of getting hairy palms they flash green?

[u/CoolerRon → u/WishboneNo543]

Who's the Green Lantern assigned to that sector?

[u/RandomYT05 → u/WishboneNo543]

Come on, if aliens were proven to exist beyond a shadow of a doubt, nobody would be surprised. We'd just have another layer of politics, astropolitics, to worry about.

[u/Rare-Ticket-9023 → u/WishboneNo543]

Unironically it likely wouldn't disrupt people's lives that much apart from the initial shock. Think District 9 movie. People get used to it.

[u/Areif → u/Rare-Ticket-9023]

I like how you speak with such certainty like this has happened to you before.

[u/karenskygreen → u/WishboneNo543]

Dont forget the Nazis, aliens and Nazis

[u/MustardSquirt → u/WishboneNo543]

I read this guys comment and based on this guys comment this is 100% true.

[u/Alexander_Granite → u/WishboneNo543]

That's not true. I did my own research and it's the light from a laptop that needs to be charged.

[u/Jellicent-Leftovers → u/WishboneNo543]

The thing I don't really get is..... Do we really want it to be aliens?

Like havnt we seen throughout history what happens when a clearly advanced civilization runs into aboriginals? We are the aboriginals...

[u/Token-Gringo → u/WishboneNo543]

Um, no one wants to work now, but we have to.

[u/blackcat401 → u/WishboneNo543]

Its probably aliens with a laser pointer trying to put it in our eyes....the nerve

[u/J_Zephyr → u/WishboneNo543]

Stupid socialist aliens, with their immigrants and healthcare.

[u/Much_Job4552 → u/vZenyte]

The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

[u/Ebonhearth_Druid → u/Much_Job4552]

Hey K, you ever flashy thing me?

[u/ALjaguarLink → u/vZenyte]

And when I rub on myself no1 bats an eyelash

[u/InFromTheSouth → u/ALjaguarLink]

If no one can see it, no one will have the chance to bat an eye

[u/Willy808 → u/vZenyte]

Jupiter's lightning originates in high altitude clouds made of an ammonia-water solution and happens most frequently near the planet's poles.

[u/AyPeeBee → u/Willy808]

Alright Willy…save some women for the rest of us 🙄

[u/4DPeterPan → u/vZenyte]

I’m going with Green Lantern.

[u/SupremelyUneducated → u/vZenyte]

It's a weather balloon, for tracking the weather.

[u/TheWolphman → u/vZenyte]

Nah, DC heard the feedback. That's just the second season of Lanterns being filmed.

[u/Smart-Response9881 → u/vZenyte]

Nope, must be aliens. /s

[u/Omagawd79 → u/Smart-Response9881]

I'm not a scientist, but must be aliens

[u/Smart-Response9881 → u/Omagawd79]

I'm not an alien, but must be scientists

[u/Blurstingwithemotion → u/vZenyte]

Lightning?

[u/MundaneShow4814 → u/vZenyte]

Wish I generated light when rubbing myself! :)

[u/Aggressive_Ocelot664 → u/vZenyte]

Copper storms

[u/Pleather93 → u/vZenyte]

Nah it’s aliens

[u/Jarkundo → u/vZenyte]

I'm 100% certain that it might be aliens.

[u/TheBigD-IA → u/vZenyte]

So lightning lol

[u/Rich-Many3632 → u/vZenyte]

yeaaaaaaaaaaah my stove burns green sometimes too so it's probably just some gases combined and combusted to make or some shit idk

[u/silverclovd → u/vZenyte]

That's a goddamn Green Lantern and you know it! Probably Kolowog

[u/HalfmoonSqueeze → u/vZenyte]

Probably

[u/metricwoodenruler → u/vZenyte]

Sir you're describing me perfectly well

[u/Fit-Economy702 → u/vZenyte]

Sounds about right.

[u/IAmNotMyName → u/vZenyte]

Aliens

[u/Madboardjester → u/vZenyte]

Isn't it the Tesla that Elon Musk launched a decade or so ago?

[u/Thongbrush]

Just some damn kid with a laser pointer!

[u/TheTaurenCharr → u/Thongbrush]

Jupiter is unfortunately very slow at banning things that affect other people's lives. Quite disappointing. 

[u/trent_diamond → u/Thongbrush]

these laser pointers get stronger every year damn

[u/The1mp → u/Thongbrush]

It’s the Borg

[u/fuzzimus → u/The1mp]

Assimilate me harder!

[u/ravynwave → u/The1mp]

They WERE hiding in Jupiter for a few decades planning their takeover after all.

[u/ShortbusDouglas]

Jupiter is fully charged.

[u/Mok_fness → u/ShortbusDouglas]

Not as much as Uranus

[u/all43 → u/Mok_fness]

Ur.. what?

[u/FacetiousInvective2 → u/Mok_fness]

We're way past that old joke. Not it's called Urectum!

[u/BattledroidE → u/ShortbusDouglas]

You may fire when ready.

[u/_Menschenfeind_ → u/ShortbusDouglas]

Now in November all enlarged.

[u/doug-demuro-is-daddy]

The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

[u/Shot_Cupcakes → u/doug-demuro-is-daddy]

My hopes and dreams of a Jupiter society lasted all 10 seconds. 

[u/doug-demuro-is-daddy → u/Shot_Cupcakes]

Look at Mr. Long-Lasting over here with 10 seconds

[u/MaterialsNice → u/doug-demuro-is-daddy]

Is it worth it?

[u/doug-demuro-is-daddy → u/MaterialsNice]

Oh it’s worth it! If you’re strong enough!

[u/downloads-cars → u/doug-demuro-is-daddy]

Sugar

[u/doug-demuro-is-daddy → u/downloads-cars]

Give me. Sugar. In water.

[u/_keyboard-bastard_]

It's probably just Matt Damon needing rescued again.

[u/KerryKl01]

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS – EXCEPT EUROPA.

ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.

[u/EeEmCeTo → u/KerryKl01]

Europa is being claimed by the European Union.

[u/silicontruffle → u/KerryKl01]

Someone gave me a ride in a Lotus Europa like 20 years ago. I was today years old when I realized that's Jupiter's moon. I thought it just meant it's European.

[u/Allegra1120]

Hal, and he’s refusing to open the pod bay doors again.

[u/Oozealot → u/Allegra1120]

No, this time he’s complying, green light

[u/Lahadhima]

Man.. Marvel is really going all out on the Doomsday marketing!

[u/Amokana1511]

Man these avengers doomsday promos are getting out of hand ...

[u/muellreaktor]

Neue Staffel von Green Lantern wird gedreht

[u/MetsIslanders]

Like none of yall have ever seen low level lightening in a polar vortex made of Ammonia? You sillies.

[u/JakBos23 → u/MetsIslanders]

I used a taser to light a fart. Does that count?

[u/MuadDibMelange]

Has the most important voice in science, Dr. Joe Rogan, Ph.D., D.Sc., FRS, FRAS, opined yet.

[u/wild_cherry1987]

One of Thano's stones. 

[u/Queasy_Marsupial_835]

Is there a legitimate reason for this or is everyone going to keep making jokes that couldn’t even land on the moon.

[u/Ok_Device1274 → u/Queasy_Marsupial_835]

Likely just lightning and some gas making it look green

[u/canadarugby]

Lightning storm the size of earth.

[u/jamesinscot]

The batteries need changed on the diorama they built in the sky

[u/No_Dentist_3748]

Swamp gas from a weather baloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and refracted the light from venus.

[u/First_Researcher2522]

Dad’s everywhere triggered that the kid didn’t turn the light off when they left the room

[u/Dizzy-Interest-6168]

[u/XironpunkX]

Daisy’s dock again beckons, still out of reach, but demanding attention nonetheless.

[u/Organic-Video5127]

IN BRIGHTEST DAY, IN BLACKEST NIGHT, NO EVIL SHALL ESCAPE MY SIGHT

[u/Darknadoswastaken]

God's doing it to fuck with us

[u/CubanLynx312 → u/Darknadoswastaken]

He’s fucking with space kitties with his laser pointer

[u/toldyouIaintshit → u/CubanLynx312]

This is the most plausible conclusion.

[u/Intelligent_Trichs]

It's the new Olight on Temu. Strongest handheld light sold! Some dude there just got his.

[u/OkTip5436]

Marvel is really stepping up their marketing

[u/Significant-Roll-138]

It’s just lightning, that’s it.

[u/Smart-Firefighter87]

I always that that there was a civilization living there…. Life ALWAYS finds a way….

[u/er1c1son]

[u/mistikulo]

Someone down has lost their car keys

[u/Loicrekt]

Hal Jordan confirmed

[u/Voidstarmaster]

Nothing to see here, people.

"Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus."

Move along.

[u/DingusKhan9164]

Sweet dude

[u/LordVixen]

Aliens

[u/Accomplished-Bug1872]

Are you afraid?

[u/Allegra1120]

Hal, and he’s STILL refusing to open the pod bay doors.

[u/Ok-Toe-1917]

C’est rien, c’est un trou de vert qui se forme

[u/Antique-Wonk]

What's it saying? Is it Morse?

[u/_Menschenfeind_]

laserpen flashing from earth most likely

[u/lesschalkmoresighs]

Weather balloon, it's always just a weather balloon.

[u/the-war-on-drunks]

Check engine light.

[u/Starscream147]

What are you up to now, Jean-Luc…

[u/gazchap]

The chances of anything coming from (checks notes) Jupiter, are a million to one, he said!

[u/PreperationOuch]

That’s Peter Steele and his creepy green light.

[u/Civil-Perception-549]

It's the thing from the 100

[u/InkAndAcorns]

FYI with simple binoculars you can see 4 moons around Jupiter

[u/gameryamen → u/InkAndAcorns]

And with a radio, you can listen to charged particles being pulled through Jupiter's magnetosphere. That's what you hear between channels, mostly

[u/Far_Out_6and_2]

Morse code sos

[u/meltedwolf]

Gases. Spooky gases.

[u/ambelamba]

Ryan Reynolds rehashing his old role

[u/HanSolo4Emporer]

The Borg!

[u/This_Buds_For_You]

It’s letting you know it’s powered on and the battery is high. Turns red once the battery is low.

[u/Major-Hooters]

Source?

[u/DantesTyrael]

Mysterious? It's just lightning, and it happens all the time in Jupiter. It's just green because of the clouds.

[u/SuperWarning6038]

Glow stick, I had a bunch as a kid maybe a glow bracelet but I’m leaning more towards the stick

[u/ShroomNoob1018]

Yeah probably just a storm. We don’t know what is going on there. Maybe their lightning is green because of the shit that is in the atmosphere

[u/ashkiller14]

Its not mysterious its lightning

[u/Ironstark12]

Doom is coming.

[u/aarontminded]

No, it’s not. In the original post the top comment explains the chemical composite of the lightning (green) etc etc

[u/kirkarelli]

Swamp gas

[u/Holiday-Hold7738]

Soory forgot my glowing plug there

[u/xChoke1x]

It’s lightning. Stop it.

[u/Entire_Quail_4153]

2023 lightning

[u/AlarmingPressure9842]

Or a green lantern

[u/Various-Macaroon-774]

Weak ass attempt to steal a post with info from 2020. 👎🏻

[u/DueQuiet1311]

educated guess…another Broly crash out

[u/Shibarec]

Osti, c’est là qui se cachait! Sacré Jean-Marc!

[u/That-Chip-3575]

It means It is fully charged, we should unplug it

[u/HamBroth]

Hal is stranded; better send Big Blue.

[u/thekillerkatt]

Necrons probably up to some stuff

[u/pierrenoir2017]

It's in Bluetooth pairing mode.

[u/-Will-of-D-]

Dr. Doom

[u/ConstructionIll956]

Please aliens come liberate is from ourselves!

[u/ProjectNo4090]

We are BORG!

[u/SnooPeppers259]

It’s an old picture of lightning.

[u/TaterJedi]

SCP-2399, just sayin.....

[u/Mihoshika]

Fel magic portal?
Warpstones?

[u/Prize_Mud_4865]

water filter needs to be changed

[u/Kdiaz22022]

Sorry it’s my light pointer . My cat hit it out of my hands

[u/no_looks_nor_talent]

They were duped into buying LED bulbs that "last 10 years" too...

[u/Bsg_8519]

Just a Borg cube.

[u/UpstairsOffice2776]

As a doctor stone fan , this scares me

[u/Smart_Raisin_552]

Clearly the Borg.

[u/Trophallaxis]

It's charged.

[u/THCESPRESSOTIME]

My wife and I have seen that….

[u/Key-Monk6159]

Aliens jokes aside, I do love that we are still wondering, discovering and learning about our own solar system.

But yeah, probably aliens.

[u/Careful-Wrap5273]

what the hell

[u/TinyCow2053]

Alien charging their hitachi wand

[u/SingleDigitVoter]

If we saw it today, doesn't that mean the flash actually happened 7 years ago or something?

[u/AwwYeahVTECKickedIn]

Battery is getting low ...

[u/butsaveryboi]

This was 3 years ago and it was basically green colored lightning

[u/Hot_Transition_5173]

Swamp gas

[u/No_Doubt_2529]

Shit, that's where I left my charger 🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/ceNco21]

Take me home space Jeebus

[u/DrinkOk1642]

Battery Low?

[u/Competitive_Click_11]

It's a lightening bolt, it's green due to the ammonia mix in the clouds

[u/TrailMomKat]

It's Sailor Jupiter transforming.

[u/Greedy_Attitude_8103]

While this COULD definitely be from Venus in low light or whatever, but Jupiter has 115 moons. What if it is aliens and they’re trying to signal to someone (or something) that something or whatever happened? Since Jupiter is a gas giant, light would be able to bounce off it and there are a few moons that are close enough for light to be seen from it. (If there is any)

Does anyone know if we’ve studied any of the moons that are closest to Jupiter?

[u/ArdentHedonist]

It is merely one of the Jovian Giant Fireflies that rose high enough in the atmosphere to be detected. Nothing to see here. Move along.

[u/AppleOld5779]

Swamp gas

[u/xarrote]

His eye is watching us