Massive Lightning Storm on Saturn

Aielman writes to tell us Yahoo News is reporting that Researchers are tracking a gigantic electrical storm on Saturn that has released lightning bolts more than one thousand times stronger than those found on Earth. The storms where first spotted earlier this year from the Cassini probe and since that time scientists have recorded 35 consecutive episodes each lasting about ten hours.

Comments

Mage

[nmccart]

What level does your mage have to be to call down a lightning storm of that magnitude?

Re:Mage

[Rei]

Whatever level it takes, I'm sure that you can pay someone in China to level you that high ;)

In other news..

[Rob T Firefly]

Members of Saturn's DeLorean owners' association report that thanks to the storms, their cars are disappearing into Time left and right.

Re:In other news..

[Ekarderif]

Saturn doesn't make DeLoreans.

Death by lightning bolts.

[Bnderan]

lightning bolts more than one thousand times stronger than those found on Earth. So if you got hit by one, it would kill you like ... a thousand times worse. NASA better do something about this!

Re:happens all the time...on uranus

[KentoNET]

I can't wait till 2620 when scientists rename it to Urectum to end that stupid joke once and for all.

One possible explanation

[Billosaur]

Thundercats, HOOOOOOOOO!!!

Re:happens all the time...on uranus

[Cyberax]

Can anybody explain me this joke? I just don't get it.

PS: English is not my native language.

war

[Surt]

It's really just a war between the grey-on-the-left cloud beings and grey-on-the-right cloud beings. Go righties!

I am the only logical choice.

[hockpatooie]

My superior Vulcan physiology will allow me to withstand lightning surges a thousand times stronger than what is found on your native world. Therefore, I am the only logical choice to investigate this phenomenon. I will fly a standard shuttlecraft into the atmosphere of Saturn, climb out on the roof while the craft is in motion, and hold aloft a Terran golf club in order to be struck by this lightning and study its effects. I have programmed the shuttlecraft to return to the starship automatically in the event that I do not survive the lighting strike.

Please do not try to stop me. A Vulcan is always prepared to sacrifice himself for the good of the many. It is only logical. Your fragile human makeup would not even be able to withstand the atmosphere of Saturn, much less the electrical energy produced by lighting a thousand times more powerful than that found on your own small homeworld.

Re:I am the only logical choice.

[Ray Radlein]

I will fly a standard shuttlecraft into the atmosphere of Saturn, climb out on the roof while the craft is in motion, and hold aloft a Terran golf club in order to be struck by this lightning and study its effects.

Please remember not to use a one-iron. Even Saturn can't hit a one-iron.

Could it be...

[Sux2BU]

Global warming?

Pay careful attention

[Flying pig]

Ouranos was the Greek God of the sky. So, as you would expect, when William Herschel discovered an extra planet beyond Saturn, he wanted to call it the Georgian planet in the hope the King at the time would give him a knighthood, or something. However, the King didn't come through, or something, so in honour of the Royal connection he named it Uranus, keeping the phonetic resemblance to Ouranos in his back pocket in case someone wised up the King.

Well, that's about as reliable as some Wikipedia, anyway. And yes, English is my native language, but do I have some good points as well.