But thanks to NASA's Juno spacecraft, this striking vista of Jupiter can be enjoyed as if you were riding along with the probe on one of its regular close flybys.

Spectacular: Thanks to NASA this striking vista of Jupiter can be enjoyed as if you were riding along with the Juno spacecraft on one of its regular closes passes by the giant planet.

Gill created the mosaic using raw data from the JunoCam instrument. It is made up of seven images taken during Juno's 39th close pass by Jupiter on January 12, 2022.

It is made up of seven images taken during Juno's 39th close pass by Jupiter on January 12, 2022. 

The Juno probe first reached Jupiter on July 4, 2016, after a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile (2.8bn km) journey from Earth. 

No previous spacecraft has orbited so close to the giant gas planet, although two others have been sent plunging to their destruction through its atmosphere. 

NASA has also released a separate image captured by Juno, this time during one of its close passes of Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede

This image taken by JunoCam during the close Ganymede pass shows one of the dark-rayed craters. 

NASA has also released a separate image captured by Juno, this time during one of its close passes of Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede

 The Juno probe — depicted here in an artist's impression — reached Jupiter on July 4, 2016, after a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile (2.8 billion kilometre) journey from Earth

The Juno probe reached Jupiter in 2016 after a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile journey from Earth

The Juno probe reached Jupiter on July 4, 2016, after a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile (2.8bn km) journey from Earth

The probe skimmed to within just 2,600 miles (4,200 km) of the planet's clouds once a fortnight - too close to provide global coverage in a single image

No previous spacecraft has orbited so close to Jupiter, although two others have been sent plunging to their destruction through its atmosphere