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New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant's massive bands disappear

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Images show giant white thunderstorms raging in Jupiter 's Southern Equatorial Belt .

Storms are likely spewing giant green lightning bolts through the gas giant's cloudy atmosphere.

The storms are not large enough to stay intact for long periods, like Jupiter 's famous Great Red Spot , and will instead get pulled apart.

Thunderstorms on Jupiter are powered by convection, or churning, within clouds similarly to their terrestrial counterparts.