Juno spacecraft reaches Jupiter's doorstep

Jupiter as seen from the Juno spacecraft

The NASA Juno spacecraft took this color photo of Jupiter from a distance of 6.8 million miles recently as it continues its journey to the planet. It is expected to arrive on July 4.

The shot was taken by JunoCam, the mission's imaging camera. In addition to Jupiter, the photo also highlight's the planet's four moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.