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                               2021 October 11

         IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/CC7OJ7gFLvE?rel=0

                     Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter
      Video Credit: Images: [3]NASA, [4]JPL-Caltech, [5]SWRI, [6]MSSS;
   Animation: [7]Koji Kuramura, [8]Gerald Eichstädt, Mike Stetson; Music:
                                 [9]Vangelis

   Explanation: What would it be like to fly over the [10]largest moon in
   the [11]Solar System? In June, the robotic [12]Juno spacecraft flew
   past [13]Jupiter's huge moon [14]Ganymede and took images that have
   been digitally constructed into a detailed flyby. As the [15]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 [16]grooves are likely caused by shifting surface plates,
   while the craters are caused by [17]violent impacts. Continuing on in
   its orbit, Juno then performed its 34th [18]close pass over Jupiter's
   clouds. The [19]digitally-constructed video shows numerous [20]swirling
   clouds in the north, colorful planet-circling [21]zones and bands
   across the middle -- featuring several [22]white-oval clouds from the
   [23]String of Pearls, and finally more [24]swirling clouds in the
   south. Next September, Juno is [25]scheduled to make a close pass over
   another of Jupiter's large moons: [26]Europa.

                      Tomorrow's picture: fireball lake
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