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Bits of Jupiter

@jupiterbits.bsky.social

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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! NOT affiliated with NASA/JPL/SwRI/MSSS. Maintained by @gustavo-bc.bsky.social

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Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 3h

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Mehdi Bozzo-Rey)

Wide view of Jupiter's southern mid latitudes, featuring its giant anticyclone known as the Great Red Spot.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 9h

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Lelekovice-31")

Photo of some of Jupiter's cloud bands, taken from high above its northern hemisphere. Multiple storm systems can be seen spread throughout the area.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 15h

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Joe Dempsey)

Photo of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (a massive storm bigger than all of Earth) and its surrounding areas.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 21h

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Roman Tkachenko)

Picture of Jupiter's cloudtops, displaying various of its turbulent clouds and storm systems.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / B Richter)

Wide-angle view of Jupiter's southernmost latitudes, featuring the colour contrast between different parts of the planet's cloudtops.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Eloi Fehrenbach)

Photo of Jupiter's southernmost latitudes, showing the cloud bands surrounding the planet's south polar hood and their various storms.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik)

Picture of Jupiter taken high above its cloudtops, showing various storm systems in countless shapes, sizes and colours from bright white to darker browns.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Georg Feil)

Image of Jupiter's mid-latitudes, showing some of its cloud bands and storms. Notable are a set of three storms near the centre, with two being bright white and circular, the third in between them being dark and elongated.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gilberto Dumont)

Image depicting Jupiter's southern hemisphere cloudtops, with multiple storm systems in various shapes, sizes and colours spread throughout the planet.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / @theseaning.bsky.social)

Detailed close-up view of Jupiter's cloudtops, highlighting the texture over the planet's storms.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Nico Geisler)

Southern view of the planet Jupiter, spanning the area between its southern polar hood up to its tropics. Various turbulent storm systems can be seen.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Viete-03")

Picture of an area of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, showing some of its cloud bands and multiple storms spread throughout them.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Felipe Costa)

Wide angle view of Jupiter's southernmost latitudes. The planet's polar hood region is distinctly featured with its blue-green colour and circumpolar storms.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Nicoletta Minichino)

Picture of the area around Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a massive anticyclonic storm larger than the Earth.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Helibrochier-56")

Photo of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, displaying some of its cloud bands and the storm systems within them, as well as part of the polar hood region.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Kate Vojtkofsky)

Close-up photo of Jupiter, showing some of its cloud bands and multiple turbulent storm systems.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Miyazaki-58")

Photo taken above Jupiter's southern hemisphere, displaying the Great Red Spot and multiple different cloud bands of different colours, turbulence and oval-shaped storms.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / David Marriott)

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

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Joe Rotindo)

Southern view of the planet Jupiter, showing countless storm systems across multiple of its cloud bands and part of the south polar hood area.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Arndt Stelter)

Photo of Jupiter's southernmost latitudes, centred near the south pole. Countless storms can be seen throughout the visible area.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Houkidaisen-66")

Wide-angle view of Jupiter's southernmost latitudes, featuring the colour contrast between different parts of the planet's cloudtops and various cyclonic/anticyclonic storms.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Niki Kinetic")

Picture of Jupiter's southern latitudes, displaying various storm systems across some of the planet's cloud bands.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Payton-81")

Medium-angle view of Jupiter's south polar region, including the subtropics. Particularly noticeable is a string of four bright oval storms at the northernmost pictured area. Multiple other turbulent storm systems are visible.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Oliver Rompza)

View from above Jupiter's southern hemisphere, displaying the Great Red Spot, several cloud bands of multiple distinct colours, many oval storms and turbulent clouds.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / David Puglia)

Close-up image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a massive anticyclone with a diameter bigger than Earth's.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Mary McGrath)

Photo of Jupiter, displaying the planet's mid latitudes and the turbulence throughout and between its cloud bands.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Lugosi-13")

Wide angle view of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, including part its distinctly blue-green polar hood and the storms within and around it.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Refurio-Anachro")

Close-up view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (the planet's largest storm) and its surrounding areas.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerard P)

Photo of a section of Jupiter containing one large vortex storm, as well as many other turbulent cloud systems.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Shawn Handran)

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Lea Felke)

Photo of Jupiter's northern temperate latitudes, centred around 37 degrees north. A few cloud bands can be distinguished running parallel to the planet's equator, as well as part of its polar hood which is slightly bluer in tone compared to the rest of its clouds.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / @tthomopoulos.bsky.social)

Cropped view of an extremely turbulent region in Jupiter's northern hemisphere with enhanced colours. Various shades of brown, orange, beige, and blue-green tint the countless cyclones and turbulent weather systems in the area, some of which may be as large as an Earth continent.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik)

Wide angle photo of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, including a few of its cloud bands and countless storm systems.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gowrishankar L)

Picture taken just above the region nearby Jupiter's north pole, displaying remarkable turbulence in countless storm systems, each many thousands of kilometres across.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Andrea Bruschi)

Close up view of some extremely turbulent storm systems on Jupiter.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Wald-24")

Picture of the Great Red Spot, a massive anticyclone on Jupiter which is bigger than the entire Earth.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Don E. Miller)

Wide angle view of Jupiter's southernmost latitudes. The planet's polar hood region is distinctly featured with its blue-green colour and circumpolar storms.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / @theseaning.bsky.social)

Detailed view of Jupiter's cloudtops, mainly featuring a long, dark brown storm system, with a few other smaller storm systems in the surrounding area.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Ted Demolski)

Wide view of Jupiter's southern subtropical latitudes, with multiple of its cloud bands visible, each containing sets of large, turbulent storms.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Morpurgo-35")

A view from above Jupiter's southern hemisphere, with a large portion of the planet visible, including the Great Red Spot and multiple cloud bands of contrasting colours. Many circular storms and lots of turbulence can be seen.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / B Richter)

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @emmywalimaki.bsky.social)

Photo of the Great Red Spot, an anticyclone on Jupiter that could fit the Earth inside it, and its surroundings.