NASA has released a stunning image of Jupiter’s moon yes Above it are fiery lava lakes.
The image was taken last July, but NASA released it this week with the photographer Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) About the Juno spacecraft, according to the “Daily Mail” website.
Many of Io’s volcanoes look like bright lights, some erupting lava fountains from miles away.
NASA said Juno took some of the pictures yes Named Thursday December 15th and will be released soon.
Io Mach color photo
New image
Juno arrived at Jupiter in 2016 after a five-year mission, and will continue to fly by the planet and its moon until 2025.
The spacecraft is now in the second year of its expanded mission to explore the interior of Jupiter.
It was supposed to finish in February 2018 after completing 37 orbits of Jupiter, but has been ordered until 2025 to complete 42 more.
“The team is very excited that the expanded Juno mission will include studying Jupiter’s moons,” said Scott Bolton, Juno’s principal investigator at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
Emotions are created Juno to study Jupiter, but we’re excited about how well it can do double duty for observing Jupiter’s moons.
The top photo was taken yes Protected from infrared heat jeram Juno will fly by 50,000 miles (80,000 km) on July 5, 2022..
The brighter spots in the image – which look like clusters of Christmas lights – indicate high temperatures.
NASA says Io is the “world’s hottest volcanic hotspot,” with hundreds of volcanoes erupting lava fountains..
The moon also has lakes of magma – a molten mixture of oxygen and silicon – on its surface..
In the new image appears yes Red due to infrared light capture jeram But the best estimate of what the human eye looks like is shown as a yellow ball, with green and black blemishes..