Friday, May 26, 2017

Electrical Craters

A quote that caught my eye in this article about Jupiter:

"On the rest of the planet, storms are divided into iconic bands. At the poles, though, it looks like a hodgepodge of meteor craters."

Well, guess what? Most "meteor craters" are not from meteors, but scars from ongoing electrical activity. Storms too are electrical in nature. The round scars seen on our Moon and storms on our planet are two manifestations of the same phenomenon.

Electric cratering on our Moon
Electric cratering on our Moon

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