Galileo Images of Ganymede
Images of Ganymede taken by the Galileo spacecraft of Ganymede on June 27, 1996. Clicking on the image will provide a larger browse image with the full photo caption. These images were released on July 10, 1996.
Ridges, grooves, craters and relatively smooth areas in the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
These images demonstrate the dramatic improvement in the resolution of pictures that NASA's Galileo spacecraft is returning compared to previous images of the Jupiter system. The frame at left was taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft when it flew by in 1979, with a resolution of about 1.3 kilometers (0.8 mile) per pixel. The frame at right showing the same area was captured by Galileo during its first flyby of Ganymede. It has a resolution of about 74 meters (243 feet) per pixel, more than 17 times better than that of the Voyager image.
A mosaic of four Galileo high-resolution images of the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede is shown within the context of an image of the region taken by Voyager 2 in 1979.
A mixture of terrains studded with a large impact crater is shown in this view of the Uruk Sulcus region.
This view of a part of the Galileo Regio region on Jupiter's moon Ganymede shows fine details of the dark terrain that makes up about half of the surface of the planet-sized moon.
Ancient impact craters shown in this image of Jupiter's moon Ganymede taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft testify to the great age of the terrain, dating back several billion years.
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