NASA releases photos taken by Juno spacecraft

Last week, NASA's Juno spacecraft completed its second-closest flyby of the volcanic Jovian moon Io and captured many photos along the way. Now, the space agency is asking for the public's help to classify all the photos and raw data captured by Juno.

The photos of Io were taken by Juno's "JunoCam," which provides beautiful, high-resolution images of Jupiter as well as various Jovian moons. While this latest flyby focused primarily on the moon's southern hemisphere, other flybys have managed to image the north in great detail.

DATA THAT NEEDS TO BE SORTED

However, because NASA has so much data to sort through, the space agency has opened access to the raw JunoCam data collected during this latest flyby to everyone. Therefore, while JunoCam scientists will be performing their own classifications, there is a possibility for people to discover things before anyone else or to add their own interpretations.

If you would like to join the JunoCam scientists and help them classify everything, you can access the raw data repository on the Juno website. You can also examine the works submitted by other image processors and even submit your own work.

News Source: 12punto