Shadow of Jupiter's largest moon looms in magnificent new Juno photo

The view from the system is dominated by Jupiter and the shadow of the biggest moon.

The raw images of the encounter were beamed home to Earth. The view was created by citizen scientist Thomas Thomopoulos.

NASA stated that the encounter was 15 times closer than the one between Jupiter and Ganymede.

Photos of crescent Jupiter and Ganymede were snapped by Juno.

NASA said that a total eclipse of the sun is more common on Jupiter than on Earth.

The agency said that the image was captured from very close to Jupiter.

The long-term mission of the Juno spacecraft is to understand the weather and dynamics of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. Scientists can get a sense of how large exoplanets may behave in other solar systems by studying this planet from up close.

NASA has warned that the mission will have a limited lifespan due to the amount of radiation it is facing. The European Space Agency has a Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer that will visit the icy moons of Jupiter in the 2030s.

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