Volcanoes of Io – Part 2 – The Volcanoes

Galileo 1998 image of Io. This one shows two active plumes. Pillan Patera plume is at the upper limb of the moon. It is 140 km tall. Second active plume is Prometheus Patera center bottom near the terminator between dark and light

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Volcanoes of Io – Part 1 – Introduction

Io. Orange is plume deposit around Pele Patera. Multiple patera and plains are visible. Note lack of impact craters meaning the moon is regularly resurfaced. Image courtesy NASA JPL via Sen.com