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The apparent lateral movement is caused by new photons traveling on a different path from the light source to the Moon, caused by the rotation of the source, striking an adjacent position at all instances during the rotation. The movement from point A to point B can be visualized by a collection of photons, each travelling along a different ...
Close up view of the Great Red Spot by Juno. The Great Red Spot is a persistent high-pressure region in the atmosphere of Jupiter, producing an anticyclonic storm that is the largest in the Solar System. It is the most recognizable feature on Jupiter, owing to its red-orange color whose origin is still unknown.
The Michelson–Gale–Pearson experiment (1925) is a modified version of the Michelson–Morley experiment and the Sagnac-Interferometer.It measured the Sagnac effect due to Earth's rotation, and thus tests the theories of special relativity and luminiferous ether along the rotating frame of Earth.
The second most lightning density is near the village of Kifuka in the mountains of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, [84] where the elevation is around 975 m (3,200 ft). On average, this region receives 158 lightning strikes per square kilometre per year (410/sq mi/yr). [85]
The Jovian atmosphere shows a wide range of active phenomena, including band instabilities, vortices (cyclones and anticyclones), storms and lightning. [7] The vortices reveal themselves as large red, white or brown spots (ovals). The largest two spots are the Great Red Spot (GRS) [8] and Oval BA, [9] which is also red. These two and most of ...
Sheet lightning is cloud-to-cloud lightning that exhibits a diffuse brightening of the surface of a cloud, caused by the actual discharge path being hidden or too far away. The lightning itself cannot be seen by the spectator, so it appears as only a flash, or a sheet of light. The lightning may be too far away to discern individual flashes.
A new study suggests that cloud-to-ground lightning likely provided the necessary material for the first organisms on Earth to form. ... Celtics rally from 26-point deficit to top 76ers 118-110.
These electrical discharges can be up to a thousand times more powerful than lightning on the Earth. [109] The water clouds can form thunderstorms driven by the heat rising from the interior. [110] The clouds of Venus may also be capable of producing lightning; some observations suggest that the lightning rate is at least half of that on Earth ...