Extreme Volcanism: Image Captures one of the Brightest Volcanoes Ever Seen in the Solar System
Image of Io taken in the near-infrared with adaptive optics at the Gemini North telescope on August 29. In addition to the extremely bright eruption on the upper right limb of the satellite, the lava lake Loki is visible in the middle of Io’s disk, as well as the fading eruption that was detected earlier in the month by de Pater on the southern (bottom) limb. Io is about one arcsecond across.
Credit:Katherine de Kleer/UC Berkeley/Gemini Observatory/AURA
About the Image
Id: | gemini1405a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Aug. 1, 2014 |
Related releases: | gemini1405 |
Size: | 434 x 479 px |
About the Object
Name: | Io (moon) |
Category: | Solar System |
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Gemini North |