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Image: Jupiter's volcanic moon Io captured with NASA's Juno spacecraft

September 30th, 2025 Monika Luabeya
Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io
Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory–Caltech/Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)/Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS); Image processing: Emma Wälimäki

During its close flyby of Jupiter's moon Io on December 30, 2023, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured some of the most detailed imagery ever of Io's volcanic surface. In this image, taken by the JunoCam instrument from about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above the moon, Io's night side [left lobe] is illuminated by "Jupitershine," which is sunlight reflected from the planet's surface.

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