NASA published a picture of Jupiter’s moon called Io, which was taken by its Juno spacecraft, showing many lava sprouting on its surface. The image shows many of the volcanoes on the surface of Io appearing as bright lights, some of which are erupting lava fountains tens of miles high, according to the Daily Mail.
NASA said Juno took another set of pictures of Io today, which will be released soon, describing it as the most volcanic region in the solar system, with hundreds of lava erupting from volcanic fountains.
The surface of Io also contains lakes of magma, which are molten mixtures dominated by oxygen and silicon.
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Juno’s flight around Jupiter
Juno arrived at Jupiter in 2016, after a five-year journey from Earth to Jupiter, and will continue to fly by the planet and its moons until 2025.
The spacecraft is now on its mission to investigate and image the interior of Jupiter, which was originally planned to end in February 2018 after completing 37 full orbits of Jupiter, but the mission has been extended until 2025 to do another 42 orbits.
“The team is really excited that the Juno mission will also include studying Jupiter’s moons,” said Scott Bolton, the principal investigator for Juno, of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
He added, the sensors of the Juno spacecraft were designed to study Jupiter only, but we are pleased with the extent of their ability to perform double and additional duty by observing Jupiter’s moons as well, as the image of the surface of the moon, Ion, covered with volcano, was taken in infrared by the vehicle, while Juno was flying on After a distance of about 80,000 km.
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