Here are the High-Resolution Images of Europa Captured by Juno During its Recent Flyby

We haven't been able to see Jupiter's moon in over two decades. The icy mini-world, which likely has an ocean that contains more water than all of Earth's oceans combined, has been sent back by the Juno spacecraft.

We were able to see some of the best views of Europa that we have ever had, thanks to the observations from the 45th round of Jupiter.

The Galileo mission was the last one to fly over the ocean. In 2000 Galileo flew pastEuropa at a distance of over 200 miles.

The images here have been downloaded and processed by members of the public who have been processing the images since they arrived at Jupiter. Kevin M. Gill's images can be found here, as well as some below, with additional editing by AkaSci.

According to NASA, this is the highest-resolution photo that they have ever taken of a specific portion of the surface of the moon.

The black-and-white image was obtained during the flyby of the moon. It shows a detailed view of the moon.

The image shows a region with a network of grooves and ridges on the surface of the ice.

Near the upper right of the image, as well as just to the right and below center, there are dark stains that may be related to something that happened below.

The image was captured as Juno raced past at about 24 km per second (15 miles per second) over a part of the surface that was in darkness.

In a region not previously imaged at such resolution and under such revealing illumination conditions, this image isunlocking an incredible level of detail. The team used a star-tracker camera for science, which is a great example of the ground-breaking capabilities of the project. There are so many intriguing features. The internal and external processes that shaped the icy crust are explained by how they formed.