@jupiterbits
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
Photo of Jupiter's mid latitudes, displaying countless turbulent storm systems across some of the planet's cloud bands.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gabriel Fiset)
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.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Shawn Handran)
Image of Jupiter's mid-latitude cloudtops. Varying amounts of turbulence is seen present in different places of the planet's cloud bands.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Melena Spellman Smith)
Wide angle view of Jupiter's southern hemisphere. Many of the planets cloud bands are displayed, with violently turbulent flow present where pairs of them meet.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Nuno de SΓ‘ Teixeira)
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.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @cosmeffect.com)
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.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Lea Felke)
Picture of some of Jupiter's cloud bands, camera angled towards the planet's limb. Lots of turbulence is present throughout the area.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Nova44")
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.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Navaneeth Krishnan S.)
Wide view of Jupiter's southern latitudes, featuring the turbulent storms of the south polar hood area and some cloud bands.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Dominguez-45")
Jupiter's northernmost latitudes, including some of its circumpolar cyclones. The region closest to the pole is seen in bluish tints, while the zone just south of it (surrounding it, in this perspective) is seen in beigeish hues.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @jackiebranc.site)
Photo of a very turbulent region in Jupiter's northern hemisphere. Various storm systems can be seen throughout the cloudtops.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Aniruddha Madhava)
View of Jupiter's mid-high latitudes, featuring countless turbulent cloud systems near the planet's pole and further into the cloud bands.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Justin Thompson)
Photo taken high above Jupiter's south subtropics, showing the turbulence of the polar area and countless storms throughout the cloud bands seen from the equator up to the pole's region.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Akhil Verma)
Narrow angle shot of Jupiter's clouds, displaying numerous storm systems in various colours from bright blue to beige.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @bswift.bsky.social)
Image depicting Jupiter's mid tropical and subtropical latitudes, with loads of turbulence spread across its cloud bands.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Itagijun-38")
Picture of Jupiter's cloudtops, featuring multiple very turbulent storm systems as well as some cyclonic and anticyclonic systems.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @emmywalimaki.bsky.social)
Close-up shot of a large, turbulent storm system on the planet Jupiter and the area surrounding it containing a few other smaller storms.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Andrea Bruschi)
Wide view of Jupiter's southern latitudes, featuring the turbulent storms of the south polar hood area and some cloud bands.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Joe Dempsey)
Photo of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, featuring its giant storm called the Great Red Spot.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Chuwinghung-34")
Close-up photo of the Great Red Spot (a massive anticyclone on Jupiter) and its surrounding areas, which contain multiple other smaller storms and clouds.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Kamenyar-24")
View of Jupiter's southern hemisphere, showing some of its cloud bands and the Great Red Spot, a storm larger than the Earth.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald EichstΓ€dt / @theseaning.bsky.social)
Picture of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a massive storm that's been active for multiple centuries.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Giovanni Soligo)
Photo taken over Jupiter's tropics, showing a few of its cloud bands and multiple storms, both turbulent and vortex-shaped.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / MatΓΊΕ‘ Motlo)
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.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Mubdirahman-98")
Image depicting Jupiter's southern hemisphere cloudtops, with multiple storm systems in various shapes, sizes and colours spread throughout the planet.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Drakth")
Picture displaying the higher latitudes of Jupiter's northern hemisphere. Countless storm systems are spread throughout the view.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / "Huchra-69")
Picture of Jupiter's mid-latitudes, showing the turbulence across some of its tropical and subtropical cloud bands, as well as some storm systems in the area.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Jay Thompson)
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.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Georgios Kalantzopoulos)
Photo of Jupiter, angled towards the planet's limb. A very long, turbulent storm can be seen stretching across the cloudtops.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik)
Wide angle shot of planet Jupiter, spanning many of its cloud bands and part of the south polar hood region.
A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Giuseppe Pappa)