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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 / Joaquin Camarena)
Photo of the planet Jupiter's southern high latitudes, featuring its polar hood and the cloud bands surrounding it.
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Sif-22")
Wide-angle shot of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, prominently featuring the Great Red Spot, a single storm which is larger than all of Earth.
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Dave Fram)
Close-up view of Jupiter's northernmost latitudes, with loads of turbulent flow visible across the field of view.
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @keikogoblyn.bsky.social)
Close-up view of Jupiter's massive storm: the Great Red Spot. This centuries-old storm is larger than all of Earth.
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "AstroGodsie")
Photo of a part of Jupiter showing many of its storms and loads of turbulent flow throughout its cloudtops.
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Shawn Handran)
Photo of Jupiter's mid southern latitudes, displaying countless turbulent storm systems across some of the planet's cloud bands.
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / David Marriott)
Photo of Jupiter's southern hemisphere shot from above its temperate zone latitudes. The distinctly blue polar hood is visible, as well as multiple of the planet's cloud bands, with countless storm systems spread throughout the imaged area.
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Noel Toone)
Close-up view of Jupiter's cloudtops, displaying the turbulence created by a few large storm systems, in particular one said to resemble a dolphin.
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Franck Olaya)
Southern view of planet Jupiter, displaying some of its cloud bands and the giant storm dubbed the Great Red Spot.
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @bjornjonsson.bsky.social)
Close-up view of Jupiter's cloudtops, featuring a long, turbulent storm system """curling around""" on itself, and the turbulent clouds in the area around it.
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt)
Photograph of Jupiter's limb, showing a few of the cloud bands through the planet's south equatorial area.
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Joe Marfia)
Picture of Jupiter's Great Red Spot — its largest storm system, bigger than the entire planet Earth — and the area south of it.
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Kulikov-62")
Wide view of Jupiter's southern hemisphere featuring the Great Red Spot, a giant anticyclonic storm that's been lasting for centuries.
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "physco219")
Wide-angle view of Jupiter's southernmost latitudes, centred near the pole and featuring the colour contrast between different parts of the planet's cloudtops.
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / G Wells FRAS)
Photo taken over Jupiter's southern hemisphere, displaying multiple vortex storms, including the Great Red Spot, which is alone larger than all of Earth.
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Thomas Shutt)
Image of Jupiter's cloudtops, showcasing various storm systems with different shapes, sizes, textures and colours.
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Nikolaos Poulos)
Picture of Jupiter's Great Red Spot — its largest storm system, bigger than the entire planet Earth — and some of the area surrounding it.
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Neil Talley)
Wide view of Jupiter's southernmost latitudes, with countless turbulent storm systems present everywhere in view.
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Cosmic Carol")
Photo of Jupiter displaying the area around its Great Red Spot - a centuries-old anticyclone that could fit the entire planet Earth within it.
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @kevinmgill.bsky.social)
Photo of a crescent planet Jupiter, showing some of its cloud bands and the Great Red Spot, a massive anticyclonic storm.
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Laitsaita-70")
Photo showing Jupiter's southern hemisphere, with multiple cloud bands visible in off-white and brown tones, and with the Great Red Spot neatly featured near the planet's limb.
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @jpmajor.bsky.social)
Wide angle photo of the cloudtops across Jupiter's higher southern latitudes, featuring the distinctly blue-green colours present in the planet's polar areas.
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @bswift.bsky.social)
Narrow-angle view of Jupiter's subtropical cloudtops, displaying the turbulence and colour variation in the planet's temperate latitudes.
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Bobby Schwartz)
Picture of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (an anticyclone bigger than all of Earth) and its surroundings.
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @laura-martin.bsky.social)
Wide view of Jupiter's mid latitudes, with a few belts and zones (dark and light bands) visible. Some turbulent flow is seen both within and in between these bands. The image was taken in January 2025, during Juno's perijove #69.
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM