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A volcanic plume on Io

A volcanic plume on Io
A volcanic plume on Io NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter's moon Io on Oct. 15, 2023. A volcanic plume is just visible, standing out from the darkness just below the terminator (the line dividing day and night) on the left side of the image. The plume appears to be coming from the volcano Prometheus. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS