Earth – Moon Portrait

On August 5th Juno lifted off on it's way to Jupiter. It just took it's first photo. At center left, Earth; at center right, the Moon. "The spacecraft snapped the portrait with the onboard JunoCam camera on August 26 after journeying some 6 million miles (9.66 million km) from Earth and while traveling at a velocity of 77,600 miles per hour (124,900 kilometers per hour) relative to the sun."



Universe Today has more about Juno, First Image Captured by NASAs Jupiter bound Juno; Earth – Moon Portrait.