This lovely image of Jupiter's moon Io was taken 19 years ago on March 2, 2007, by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft—about two days after its closest approach to Jupiter.
This image was taken from a distance of 4.6 million kilometers (2.8 million miles) from Io.
Credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins APL
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So gracious of the Ionians to schedule their continent destroying eruption during the flyby of our space mission.
Ahh, puberty..
Absolutely terrifying to imagine this close up
What’s a flare anyway
Gobsmacked
The fact that there is living moon out there in our solar system is so cool.
Looks like there are three of them happening in this pic?
Io hatching is 100% on brand
Must be Saitama using his Serious Table Flip
Wow that’s really cool!!