Good morning. It is February 6, and at present’s picture reveals the Jovian moon Io in a revelatory new gentle.
Over the weekend the operators of NASA’s Juno spacecraft launched a brand new batch of photographs showcasing a February 3 flyby of Io, the volcanically lively moon orbiting Jupiter. Io, should you did not know, is probably the most volcanically lively world identified to people.
As a part of its mission to intently examine Jupiter, Juno has additionally been making periodic flybys of a few of the gasoline large’s extra intriguing moons. NASA then invitations members of the general public to course of the uncooked photographs to tease out particulars.
Björn Jónsson has accomplished simply that for the newest flyby of Io, producing the wonderful picture on this submit. Of his work, Jónsson says, “The small, vivid options are specular reflections from options that usually seem darkish (volcanic glass?). A plume is seen at decrease proper, it has been brightened rel to different components of the picture & is closely processed. North is up.”
The plume is magical.
Supply: Björn Jónsson
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