Astronomers have for the first time glimpsed lightning storms onSaturn

Stormy weather on Saturn
Astronomers have for the first time glimpsed lightning storms on Saturn.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gene...ther_on_Saturn

"Sam Wormley" wrote in message
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Stormy weather on Saturn
Astronomers have for the first time glimpsed lightning storms on Saturn.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gene...ther_on_Saturn
This series of images, taken over 13 minutes, shows the first lightning
storm to be detected on Saturn. Some of the spots in the background
are due to cosmic rays. The Cassini craft took the images from a
distance of about 2.1 million kilometers above the planet.

hanson wrote:
Thanks, Sam... "2.1 million kilometers" that's almost 6 times
the dance of earth-moon @ 384,000 km. That is some big ass
lightning storm. How sure are they that it is not some other
phenomena, like our terrestrial, very high altitude sprites?
hanson