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GIF sequence of five New Horizons spacecraft images, taken over eight minutes, showing Io's volcano Tvashtar erupting material 330 kilometres (210 mi) above its surface
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GIF sequence of five New Horizons spacecraft images, taken over eight minutes, showing Io’s volcano Tvashtar erupting material 330 kilometres (210 mi) above its surface

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  1. Grahamthicke on

    Sequence of five images taken by NASA’s New Horizons probe on March 1st 2007, over the course of eight minutes from 23:50 UT. The images form an animation of an eruption by the Tvashtar Paterae volcanic region on the innermost of Jupiter’s Galilean moons, Io. The plume is 330 km high, though only its uppermost half is visible in this image, as its source lies over the moon’s limb on its far side.

  2. lIllIIllIIllIIllIIlI on

    Honestly nasa or spacex can strap me to a rocket and send me wherever, just give me enough food to get to my destination and I’ll die happy 🤣😭 I’ll sign any waivers they need

  3. No_Tree_4783 on

    Very cool. I wish this taken using the colour cameras though (I imagine they are using the long range monochromatic cameras due to distance and resolution).