# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-03-23T21:51:17.000+00:00
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## Caption

How’s the weather up there? ⁣
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NASAHubble has been keeping a close eye on our solar system’s gas giants.  The telescope has been monitoring Jupiter and Uranus and observing atmospheric changes taking place over time. Swipe through: ⁣
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1. The forecast for Jupiter in Nov. 2022 has stormy weather at low northern altitudes. Cyclones and anticyclones lock together like in a machine with alternating gears moving clockwise and counterclockwise, a mechanism which prevents individual storms from merging or rivaling the Great Red Spot. Strong color differences indicate that Hubble is seeing different cloud heights and depths as well. The orange moon, Io, photobombs the view of Jupiter’s clouds, casting a shadow toward the planet’s western limb. Sulfur takes on various hues at different temperatures, giving Io’s surface its color. ⁣
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2. Jupiter’s legendary Great Red Spot takes the center stage in this view. The vortex large enough to swallow Earth has shrunken to the smallest size it has ever been observed dating back 150 years. Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede can be seen transiting the planet on the lower right. This image is smaller in size because Jupiter was 81,000 miles farther from Earth when the photo was taken. ⁣
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3. Planetary oddball Uranus rolls on its side around the Sun as it follows an 84-year orbit. In this 2014 image, multiple storms with methane ice-crystal clouds appear at mid-northern latitudes above the planets cyan-tinted lower atmosphere with some faint cloud bands. ⁣
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4. Uranus in 2022 shows a thickened photochemical haze over the north pole. Several little storms can be seen near the edge of the polar haze boundary.  As the Hubble tracks the size and brightness of the north polar cap, it continues to get brighter year after year. As the northern summer solstice approaches in 2028, the cap may grow brighter still and will be aimed directly at Earth, allowing good views of the rings and north pole. The Ring system will then appear face-on. ⁣
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Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), and Michael H. Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)⁣
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