NASA launched its Juno mission to Jupiter more than 10 years ago, on August 5, 2011. As it moves towards Jupiter, it clicked some of the stunning images.
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| 1-On Oct. 9, Juno flew by Earth using the home planet's gravity to get a boost needed to reach Jupiter. The JunoCam caught this image of Earth and some other instruments. |
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| 2-This image of the Jovian moon Ganymede was obtained by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its June 7, 2021, flyby of the icy moon. |
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| 3-This view from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft shows two storms merging. The image was taken on Dec. 26, 2019. |
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| 4-This image of the sunlit part of Jupiter and its swirling atmosphere was created by a citizen scientist (Alex Mai) using data from Juno's JunoCam instrument. |
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| 5-This illustration uses data obtained by NASA's Juno mission to depict high-altitude electrical storms on Jupiter. |
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| 6-This image of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed a close flyby of the gas giant planet on Dec. 16. |
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| 7-This enhanced-colour image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was created by citizen scientist Jason Major using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft. |
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| 8-NASA’s Juno spacecraft soared directly over Jupiter’s south pole when JunoCam acquired this image on Feb. 2, 2017, from an altitude of about 62,800 miles (101,000 kilometres) above the cloud tops. |
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| 9-This image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft, highlights the seventh of eight features forming a ‘string of pearls’ on Jupiter. |
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| 10-This amateur-processed image was taken on Dec. 11, 2016, as NASA’s Juno spacecraft performed its third close flyby of Jupiter. Images & Caption Credit - https://twitter.com |
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