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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection
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Zal Patera on Jupiter's Moon Io Title Zal Patera on Jupiter's Moon Io Title
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The Galileo orbiter [ http://www.jpl.nasa…]'s flyby of Io [ http://www.seds.org…] last November captured an unusual part of Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]'s volcanic moon. From 26,000 kilometers away, Zal Patera [ http://wwwflag.wr.u…] was found to be a cauldron of flowing lava [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], gaseous vents [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and tremendous peaks [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Red lava can be seen in the above picture [ http://photojournal…] erupting along the base of the volcanic caldera, while cooling black lava lines the edge of a volcanic plateau. Shadow lengths indicate that the top of Zal Patera [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] towers nearly 5 kilometers over Io [ http://galileo.jpl.…]'s molten surface. Galileo zoomed past Io again last month [ http://galileo.jpl.…], and has begun beaming back images taken only 200 kilometers over Io's surface [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Explanation The Galileo orbiter [ http://www.jpl.nasa…]'s flyby of Io [ http://www.seds.org…] last November captured an unusual part of Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]'s volcanic moon. From 26,000 kilometers away, Zal Patera [ http://wwwflag.wr.u…] was found to be a cauldron of flowing lava [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], gaseous vents [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and tremendous peaks [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Red lava can be seen in the above picture [ http://photojournal…] erupting along the base of the volcanic caldera, while cooling black lava lines the edge of a volcanic plateau. Shadow lengths indicate that the top of Zal Patera [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] towers nearly 5 kilometers over Io [ http://galileo.jpl.…]'s molten surface. Galileo zoomed past Io again last month [ http://galileo.jpl.…], and has begun beaming back images taken only 200 kilometers over Io's surface [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Explanation
Credit and Copyright:
Galileo Project [ http://galileo.jpl.…], SSI [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], University of Arizona [ http://pirlwww.lpl.…], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit_and_Copyright Galileo Project [ http://galileo.jpl.…], SSI [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], University of Arizona [ http://pirlwww.lpl.…], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit and Copyright
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