Main Io's fountains of fire (karma: 1)
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By webmaster  Comments: 253, member since Sun Mar 07, 1999On Thu Dec 23, 1999 02:55 PM
According to this BBC <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_572000/572884.stm">story</a>, the Galileo spacecraft has been able to capture a close-up image for the first time of an erupting volcano on Io. This "lava fountain" rises a couple of kilometers(!) above the surface. The <a href="http://ioflyby.com">IoFlyby.com</a> and <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pictures/io/">JPL Picture Archive</a> sites also have more pictures and news.
According to this BBC <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_572000/572884.stm">story</a>, the Galileo spacecraft has been able to capture a close-up image for the first time of an erupting volcano on Io. This "lava fountain" rises a couple of kilometers(!) above the surface. The <a href="http://ioflyby.com">IoFlyby.com</a> and <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pictures/io/">JPL Picture Archive</a> sites also have more pictures and news. |
