Volcanoes of Io: Video of 1st Map Ever of Volcanic Jupiter Moon
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 06:30
in Astronomy & Space
This USGS animcation shows the rotating globe of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, with a geologic map superimposed over a global color mosaic. Images from NASA's Galileo mission (1995-2003) and the Voyager mission in 1979 were used to create the map.