Ganymede, a behemoth of an icy moon in Jupiter’s orbit, was captured in vivid detail by NASA’s on June 7. It was the closest flyby of the moon ever.
Photos shared by NASA Tuesday highlight . There are dozens of visible craters, contrasting light and dark terrains, and other large surface features that NASA says could indicate the presence of tectonic faults — the same kind of planetary faults that stretch across the surface of Earth.
The full scope of Ganymede taken by Juno, which reveals a majority of one angle of the moon.
Image: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SWRI/MSSS
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