Yet another impact flash on Jupiter, this time recorded - triple - in Japan

The events of June 3 have repeated on August 20, and again in the Far East: This time it were three Japanese amateur astronomers who recorded a brief flash above Jupiter's clouds from three different sites. And again no traces whatsoever are left on the planet - another airburst then, and one wonders how frequent these really are. The three reports (and pictures and videos) are collected here and here, the first video is here (YouTube version), and the 2nd observer reports here. Coverage in the mainstream media seems to be scarce, with samples from the UK, Japan and Russia; it was again bloggers who ruled the day. Like Gish Bar Times (earlier), Sky & Tel. (updated repeatedly) and the Planetary Society (earlier), also this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this story, plus SpaceWeather (earlier).Even without traces of the impact Jupiter is very interesting right now: selected images of Jupiter from Sep. 2, Sep. 1 (more), Aug. 30 (extremely good; from this collectionm also here and here), Aug. 22 (more, more), Aug. 21 (more, more) and Aug. 20; also 3 moons resolved. • A trio of Venus, Mars & Spica has turned into a line now, ...