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b_b · 1501 days ago · link · · parent · post: NASA beams back spectacular images of Jupiter and Ganymede
I've read that there is water vapor in Jupiter's atmosphere. Maybe that can explain the charge imbalance necessary for lightning?
I'm aware of two hypotheses: water solidifying into mushballs in the pressence of ammonia acting similar to how hail does it through friction/collisions, and shallow lightning where ammonia prevents water from freezing entirely.