Mesmerizing new NASA image shows the lava on one of Jupiter's moons that helps form the massive planet's auroras

Dec 14 2022 by Business Insider

 
NASA's Juno mission captured an infrared view of Io in July.

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NASA's Juno spacecraft snapped an infrared image of Jupiter's moon Io. Io is our solar system's most volcanically-active body, and its surface is peppered with lava lakes. Juno should fly by the Jovian moon again on December 15, in the first of nine flybys.

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured an infrared image of Jupiter's moon Io from 50,000 miles away.

In the image, taken on July 5 and released on...

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