Published On Dec 1, 2023
#io #jupitersmoon #nasa #solarsystem
Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system. NASA has sent various spacecraft this Jupiter moon where Voyager first discovered how volcanically active this moon is.
Discover what is driving Io’s Volcanism, understand the gravitational effects Ganymede and Europa subject Io to and why this fiery world has deposits of ice on it.
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Goddard Space Flight Center
NSF/NASA/JPL-Caltech//UC Berkeley/Gemini Observatory
NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Ted Stryk
NASA/JPL/USGS
NASA/JPL/UA/Jason Perry
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM
NASA Earth Observatory
Some space scenes were captured using SpaceEngine Pro,
http://spaceengine.org