Storm Gallery

Jupiter and Io, New Horizons image

Jupiter and Io. Montage of images of Jupiter (left) and its moon Io (right), obtained by the New Horizons spacecraft in February and March 2007 as it passed Jupiter on its way to Pluto. The image of Jupiter was obtained with its infrared spectrometer (LEISA). The different colours show high-altitude clouds (blue), and deeper clouds (red). The Great Red Spot (lower left) is blue and white. The Io image was obtained in approximate true colour with a long-range camera (LORRI) and a multispectral camera (MVIC). The red dot on the nightside of Io is an eruption of the Tvashtar volcano. The volcanic plume (blue) seen above the eruption is 330 kilometres high. Jupiter is the solar system's largest planet

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Multiple lightning strikes with storm clouds

Lightning. Multiple lightning bolts striking the ground. from a storm cloud at night. Lightning occurs when a large electrical charge builds up on a cloud. At first a leader of electrons descends to the ground. As soon as this makes contact an enormous return stroke surges up the leader's ionised path, producing blinding white light and temperatures as high as 30, 000 degrees Celsius.
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© Gordon Garradd/Science Photo Library

AERIAL VIEW OF CROSS COUNTRY SKIERS RACING OVER THE FROZEN LAKE SILS DURING THE

Aerial view of cross country skiers racing over the frozen lake Sils during
the Engadin ski marathon near Sils, Switzerland, March 9, 2003. Some 11,262
skiers participated in the nordic skiing marathon over 42,2 kilometers from
Maloja to S-chanf. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE REUTERS/Remy Steinegger Pictures of the
month March 2003
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