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Bits of Jupiter
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Images from NASA's Juno probe, processed by citizen scientists. Credits in text, descriptions in alt. Inspired by the late Bits of Pluto Twitter account. Trans rights!

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Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · Feb 13
Now fully set up! Posts should be coming out every 6 hours — if you're in the credits of a featured image and wish to no longer have your @ pinged when that happens (or vice-versa), please let me know! Do note though that the same name won't get used more than once a week to avoid excessive pinging.
jupiterbits.bsky.social Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · Feb 7
Posts will be a little haphazard as I try moving workflow from Xitter to here — in the meantime, thank you to everyone who's already followed from there to here 🙇
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Dincer Hepguler)
Picture of Jupiter's southern hemisphere displaying the south polar region, countless vortex-like storms and multiple turbulent systems throughout.
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / M. Hackney)
Photo of Jupiter's tropical regions, spanning at least three of its cloud bands. Multiple storms are visible everywhere in different colours.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Annabel Causevic)
Picture of the area around Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a massive anticyclonic storm larger than the Earth.
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Itagijun-38")
Image depicting Jupiter's mid tropical and subtropical latitudes, with loads of turbulence spread across its cloud bands.
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Mubdirahman-98")
Wide view of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, showing its bluish-coloured polar hood and a string of 6 bright oval storms closer to the equator.
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Phablo Araújo)
Image of a few of Jupiter's cloud bands, with a few storms visible. A set of two bright oval storms separated by an elongated dark storm is prominent near the bottom of the field of view.
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Charpentier-74")
Image of Jupiter's south polar region, displaying some of the circumpolar cyclones and other storms around the area.
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Pannonia51")
Picture of Jupiter displaying its giant anticyclone named the Great Red Spot and its surroundings. This storm is bigger than the entire Earth.
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @emmywalimaki.bsky.social)
Picture of Jupiter's northernmost latitudes, showing the planet's polar hood region, including the cyclones that surround the pole, and part of the area immediately around it.
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Sarah E. Pearce)
Close-up view of Jupiter's cloudtops, displaying turbulent flow across some storm systems.
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Shikanosima-82")
Close-up view of a bright, oval-shaped storm system with cyclonic characteristics on the planet Jupiter.
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Stanley Holz)
Wide angle photo of Jupiter's southernmost latitudes, centred near its south pole.
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Roberto Ibarra)
Photo of Jupiter's mid latitudes, showing the planet's different cloud bands and the turbulence generated where they meet.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Serpieri-23")
Wide-angle view of Jupiter's southern latitudes, spanning the area between the southern polar hood and the equatorial region.
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Brian Lawson)
Picture of Jupiter's Great Red Spot — its largest storm system, bigger than the entire planet Earth — and the area near it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @bswift.bsky.social)
Wide view photo of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, including the Great Red Spot (a massive anticyclone bigger than all of Earth), its tropics and part of the polar hood, with its distinct blue colouration.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Roger P. Bowker)
Picture of the Great Red Spot (a massive anticyclonic storm on the planet Jupiter) and its surrounding areas.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Arndt Stelter)
Taken high above Jupiter's southern subtropics, this picture shows various of its cloud bands with numerous storms and swirls and very distinct colour patterns, the area closest to the south pole being notably bluer than the rest.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Craig Sparks)
Wide-angle view of one of Jupiter's subtropical regions. The polar region can be distinguished by its unique colouration, and countless swirly and oval storms are shown throughout the whole view.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik)
Image of the planet Jupiter, showing its Great Red Spot and other storm systems near it, as well as some of the planet's cloud bands.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @bjornjonsson.bsky.social)
Close-up oblique view of Jupiter's northern latitudes, near its pole. The turbulence in the planet's atmosphere is noticeable, and various storm systems are present.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / David Conrad)
Close-up view of a large anticyclonic storm on the planet Jupiter, known as the Great Red Spot.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Andrea Bruschi)
Close-up view of a long, extremely turbulent storm system on the planet Jupiter.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / David Marriott)
Photo of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, spanning from the polar hood to close to the equator. The polar hood's blue colouration is of particular notability, as is a string of six bright oval-shaped storms in the tropics.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Giuseppe Pappa)
Photo of Jupiter, taken at about 73 degrees of north latitude. A bright oval storm system can be seen near the middle of the captured area. The upper portion of the image has a distinctly blue hue, characteristic of Jupiter's polar regions. Many other turbulent storm systems and clouds are visible across the entire picture.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM