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This image shows a large impact on Jupiter's south polar region captured on July 20, 2009, by NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Infrared Telescope Facility

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Update:
This infrared image taken with Keck II shows the new feature observed on Jupiter and its relative size compared to Earth. Image Credit: Paul Kalas (UCB), Michael Fitzgerald (LLNL/UCB), Franck Marchis (SETI Institute/UCB), James Graham (UCB)

Update II:
Hubble Closup of Jupiter Impact Site.Hubble Image of Jupiter Impact Site.Image credit: NASA, ESA, and H. Hammel (Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.), and the Jupiter Comet Impact Team.