Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter
			
		
		
		
			What would it be like to fly over the 
largest moon in the 
Solar System?
In June, the robotic 
Juno spacecraft 
flew past 
Jupiter's 
huge moon 
Ganymede and took images that have been digitally constructed into a detailed flyby.
As the featured video begins, 
Juno swoops over the two-toned surface of the 2,000-km wide moon, revealing an icy alien landscape filled with grooves and craters.
The grooves are likely caused by shifting surface plates, while the craters are caused by 
violent impacts.
Continuing on in its orbit, Juno then performed its 34th 
close pass over Jupiter's clouds.
The digitally-constructed video shows numerous 
swirling clouds in the north, 
colorful planet-circling zones and bands across the middle -- featuring several 
white-oval clouds from the 
String of Pearls, and finally more 
swirling clouds in the south. 
Next September, Juno is 
scheduled to make a close pass over another of Jupiter's large moons: 
Europa.