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Juno gives a stunning first look at Jupiter from orbit

The planet is surrounded by three of its four largest moons.

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 5th. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS  

It's humans' first look at Jupiter from orbit.

The spacecraft Juno beamed back a stunning photo of the gas giant, complete with the famed Big Red Spot. The planet is surrounded by three of its four largest moons.

The photo was taken July 5, 2.7 million miles from Jupiter.

Juno will circle our solar system's largest planet 37 times, soaring to within 2,600 miles of the tops of Jupiter's clouds. Juno will probe beneath the obscuring cloud cover of Jupiter and study its auroras to learn more about the planet's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere.

Juno Approach Movie of Jupiter and the Galilean Moons

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