The Juno Mission is a NASA operated spacecraft sent to study the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter. Launched over 8 years ago, it arrived at the largest planet in the neighborhood over 3 years ago. The are at least nine separate sensors on board the spacecraft collecting data and sending it back to earth to be analyzed by scientists. One of the sensors is a special, very fancy camera called the Juno Cam. The mechanics of how the images are actually captured is detailed on the mission website and is truly fascinating - definitely not as simple as setting up a tripod and finding the proper film speed, shutter speed and aperture setting. 

On top of the camera hurtling through space at a pretty good clip the entire spacecraft, including the camera, is rotating, operating in an environment of high intensity radiation and the light from the Sun is only about 3% to 4% the intensity of what we experience here on earth. 

The images captured by this camera are stored, processed, compressed and then sent back to earth where the imagery is made available to anyone with an internet connection. The public is actually encouraged by the mission scientists to download, process and upload images. These are some of my contributions.