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Io with Sulfur Dioxide Frost

Io with Sulfur Dioxide Frost
Io with Sulfur Dioxide Frost Io seen by Galileo in 1997. The anti-Jupiter side, on the right in this image, has much more extensive patches of white sulfur dioxide frost, and also a much thicker atmosphere, than the yellower Jupiter-facing side, on the left. NASA / JPL