Sizzling Io
Explanation:
What's cooking on
Io? This active moon of
Jupiter is marked with
volcanoes spewing lava that is now known to be hotter
than any
lava on Earth.
Above is the highest resolution
color-enhanced image yet composed of the
most active surface in our
Solar System.
Features as small as three kilometers are visible.
Sulfur compounds cause many of
Io's
unusual colors, while darker regions are probably composed of
silicate rock.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
