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See the First In-Orbit Photo of Jupiter From NASA’s Juno Mission

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This color view from NASA's Juno spacecraft is made from some of the first images taken by JunoCam after the spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter on July 5, 2016.
This color view from NASA's Juno spacecraft is made from some of the first images taken by JunoCam after the spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter on July 5, 2016.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
By Casey Quackenbush

NASA’s Juno mission just returned its first in-orbit photo of Jupiter since its arrival on July 4.

Taken 2.7 million miles (4.3 million km) from Jupiter, the photo depicts a sunlit Jupiter along with three of its four major satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede, NASA said in a statement.

Aside from providing a stunning view of the gas giant, the photo also shows the research team that the space equipment survived the extreme radiation of the environment.

The first high-resolution images of the planet are still a few weeks away, however, and will be taken on the spacecraft’s next close pass of Jupiter on Aug. 27.

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