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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 · 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.

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 🙇

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 19m

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Ciarabarr-27")

Picture of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (a large anticyclone bigger than Earth) and its surroundings.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 6h

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Hawksmoor-70")

Close-up view of Jupiter's cloudtops, showing the turbulence around a massive anticyclone called the Great Red Spot.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 12h

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Jenee’ Fox)

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 · 18h

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Huchra-69")

Picture displaying the higher latitudes of Jupiter's northern hemisphere. Countless storm systems are spread throughout the view. Nice.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

I get this one a lot

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

Cropped view of various storm systems across Jupiter's northern latitudes.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 1d

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Ul'yanin-17")

View of Jupiter's south polar region, including some of the subtropics. Particularly noticeable is a string of six bright oval storms at the northernmost pictured area. Multiple other turbulent storm systems are visible.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 2d

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "The Asteroid")

Photo of planet Jupiter's southern high latitudes, displaying the storm systems across some of its cloud bands and the blue-green coloured south polar hood area.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 2d

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Scott Preston)

Photo taken over one of Jupiter's subtropical areas, including part of the polar region. Many extensive storm systems can be seen with various degrees of turbulence, including some cyclones and anticyclones.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 2d

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.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 2d

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Barb MacGillivary)

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 · 3d

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

Narrow angle shot of Jupiter's cloudtops, closing up on a few turbulent storm systems with notable texture and colour variance within them.

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

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 · 3d

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Lillian Souwer)

Close-up view of Jupiter's cloudtops, displaying a few extremely turbulent storm systems.

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

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

Detailed view of Jupiter's northernmost latitudes, displaying the widespread turbulence across the planet's northern polar hood region.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 4d

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Felix Scholkmann)

Close-up shot of Jupiter's largest storm: the Great Red Spot.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 4d

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

Close-up view of some cloudtops within Jupiter's northern temperate latitudes. The turbulence, colouration and apparent texture at the bottom half of the view resembles a milky coffee drink before mixing. A few storms in orange and pale beige shades can be seen at the top of the frame.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 4d

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Fred El-Harris)

Photo of Jupiter taken high above its southernmost latitudes, displaying the area around its south pole and some of the cloud bands surrounding it. Many storm systems can be seen throughout the entire view.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 4d

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tony Eck)

Close-up view of a massive storm on Jupiter named the Great Red Spot. This storm is many centuries old and larger than the entire Earth.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 5d

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

Photo of Jupiter's southern latitudes, including the polar region with its distinct colouration. Countless turbulent storm systems are distributed throughout the view.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 5d

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

Close-up photo of Jupiter's cloudtops, featuring most of its Great Red Spot (the planet's largest single storm) and other storms and clouds near it.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 5d

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / V. Marthouret)

Close-up view of a storm on Jupiter named the Great Red Spot and its surroundings. This single storm could fit the Earth inside it.

Bits of Jupiter @jupiterbits.bsky.social · 5d

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

Photo of the area surrounding Jupiter's largest storm, dubbed the Great Red Spot.