Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Europa in color: antijovian hemisphere

Europa in color: antijovian hemisphere
Europa in color: antijovian hemisphere Galileo captured this global view of Europa on its 28th orbit of Jupiter, on May 22, 2000. NASA / JPL / Ted Stryk

The filters used for this image cover a broader range of the spectrum than human eyes can see. Galileo was 1,364,000 kilometers from Europa when it took this image, at a phase angle of 64 degrees. Image scale is 13.85 kilometers per pixel.