Rising Europa

New Horizons took this image of the icy moon Europa rising above Jupiter’s cloud tops with its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) at 11:48 Universal Time on February 28, 2007, six hours after the spacecraft’s closest approach to Jupiter.

The picture was one of a handful of the Jupiter System that New Horizons took primarily for artistic, rather than scientific, value. This particular scene was suggested by space enthusiast Richard Hendricks of Austin, Texas, in response to an Internet request by New Horizons scientists for evocative, artistic imaging opportunities at Jupiter.

The spacecraft was 2,3 MKM (about 1,4 MMs) from Jupiter and 3 MKM (such as about 1,8 MMs) from Europa when the picture was taken.
Europa's diameter is 3.120 kilometers (1.939 miles).
The image is centered on Europa coordinates 5° South and 6° West.

In keeping with its artistic intent - and to provide a more dramatic perspective - the image has been rotated so South is at the top.

Nota: in data 9 Maggio 2007, la NASA pubblica nel suo "Planetary Photojournal" questa medesima immagine con il medesimo titolo.
Se non altro, dato che sappiamo che la NASA legge Lunexit, ci farebbe piacere ricevere, di quando in quando, un "grazie per la collaborazione!"...