NASA's Juno spacecraft snaps a stunning photo of Crescent Jupiter

When it comes to out-of-this-world photographs, it's difficult to better a view that is impossible to see from Earth. But thanks to NASA's Juno spacecraft, this striking vista of Jupiter can be enjoyed as if you were riding along with the probe on one of its regular close flybys. Unlike the moon or Venus, this view of Jupiter in a crescent phase is impossible to see from Earth, even using a telescope. This is because Jupiter's orbit is outside Earth's, which means an observer on our planet can only see the side of Jupiter that is illuminated by the sun, so the planet always appears full. Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill created the mosaic using raw data from the JunoCam instrument.