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www.solarsystem.nasa.gov Instagram.comMoon shadow: our Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 40th close pass by the giant planet on Feb. 25, 2022. The large, dark shadow on the left side of the image was cast by Jupiter’s moon Ganymede.
If you were at Jupiter’s cloud tops within the oval shadow, you would experience a total eclipse as Ganymede temporarily blocked out the Sun.
Learn more about Jupiter and Juno at the link in our bio: solarsystem.nasa.gov
📸 JunoCam image processed by Thomas Thomopoulos
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