Photo provided by NASA shows an image of Saturn taken in 2010 by the Cassini camera, showing a storm with a latitudinal and longitudinal extent of 10,000 km and 17,000 km, respectively.
One of the most violent weather events in the Solar System began to erupt on Saturn last December and is still continuing on. It is a thunderstorm that is as large as the planet Earth on the surface of Saturn. The ringed planet's lightning is 10,000 times more powerful than average. Astronomers from all different backgrounds are attempting to gain some sort of insight from this epochal storm. In my opinion, this is a very interesting article because it gives the ever day person an opportunity to learn about this incredible storm. I hope many scientific insights can gained by studying this storm. I also encourage others to read this particular article, so that they too can learn more about this fascinating thunderstorm and its affects on our solar system.
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