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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 / Mehdi Bozzo-Rey)
Picture of Jupiter's northern high latitudes, showing the turbulence created by the interactions between its subtropical cloud bands and the polar hood region.
January 31, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Dr. James M. Beale)
Photo of a region on the planet Jupiter near (and including) its Great Red Spot, an anticyclonic storm bigger than the entire Earth.
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Cosmos.Agency")
Photo of the Great Red Spot, a giant storm on Jupiter, and its surroundings.
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "DKL")
Picture of the hurricanes and storms covering the landscape through part of Jupiter's northern hemisphere.
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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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.
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Shawn Handran)
Picture of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, showing various storm systems across the planet's cloudtops.
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Charles Lessmann)
Wide-angle view of Jupiter's high northern latitudes, with part of its north polar region (NPR) visible in shades of cyan near the bottom of the frame. Many turbulent storm systems the size of continents can be seen within the NPR, while various cyclones and other folded filamentary regions (churning, late stage turbulent Jovian cyclones) are visible in the temperate area surrounding the NPR.
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tonia Catalin-Alexandru)
View of Jupiter's high southern latitudes, showing the planet's polar hood and the Great Red Spot, an anticyclonic storm bigger than the entire Earth.
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / @terrasabaea.bsky.social)
Photo of planet Jupiter's Great Red Spot — a massive rotating storm bigger than Earth — and the area just to the north of it.
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Terrance Lam)
Photo of the area surrounding Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a gigantic anticyclone that could fit the Earth inside it with room to spare.
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @emmywalimaki.bsky.social)
Close-up view of Jupiter, showing a very dark, elongated storm system amidst other turbulent clouds.
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Mike Hall)
Photo of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, showing a few of the planet's cloud bands. Two bright oval storms are prominent near the centre of the field of view, with countless other turbulent storm systems present throughout the cloudtops.
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @andrealuck.bsky.social)
Close-up photo of Jupiter's atmosphere, showing the varying turbulence and colouration along its cloudtops.
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Rafael de Moura Moreira)
Wide-angle view of Jupiter's southernmost latitudes, featuring the colour contrast between different parts of the planet's cloudtops.
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tom Smith)
Close-up view of Jupiter, focusing in on the Great Red Spot, a massive anticyclone that is centuries old.
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Tamashima-50")
Photo of Jupiter's southern hemisphere. A few oval storm systems are seen lined up close to the equator, while the rest of the view has many turbulent storms.
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @kevinmgill.bsky.social)
Narrow angle photo of an extensive, very turbulent storm system on Jupiter and the turbulence surrounding it. Some particularly high up clouds are seen casting long shadows on the clouds underneath.
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / J Foord)
Picture of the area around Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a massive anticyclonic storm larger than the Earth.
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @docr0cket.bsky.social)
Photo of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, featuring many of its cloud bands with countless storm systems, both turbulent and oval (cyclones/anticyclones), spread throughout the imaged area.
January 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / David Marriott)
Narrow angle shot of the Great Red Spot and its surrounding regions on Jupiter. The GRS is a single storm on Jupiter that's bigger than Earth.
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Arndt Stelter)
View of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, featuring some of its cloud bands and part of the polar hood.
January 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / J. Esper)
Image depicting Jupiter's southernmost latitudes, with multiple storm systems in various shapes, sizes and colours spread throughout the planet.
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Stefano Ivan Stinga)
Photo displaying the cloud bands on Jupiter's mid latitudes, with loads of turbulence generated where pairs of them meet together.
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Alessandro G. Ceretti)
Picture displaying Jupiter's higher northern latitudes, showing the turbulent storm systems between the planet's polar hood region and its cloud bands.
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "PPhoto")
View of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, featuring some of its cloud bands and part of the polar hood.
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 AM