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A plume on Io

Filed under pretty pictures, Jupiter's moons, Io, New Horizons

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A plume on Io The Tvashtar plume (right image, 11 o'clock) as seen from New Horizons on February 26th, in the first picture returned from the spacecraft during the close approach phase. The left image is a shorter exposure designed to look at Io's surface.

NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI

Original image data dated on or about February 26, 2007

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