The surface of Io,Jupiter's innermost Galilean satellite,photographed on March 5,1979,from a range of 128,500 kilometres by the Voyager 1 spacecraft. The area of the picture is about 1000 km by 800 km. The red & orange colour of the surface is probably due to deposits of sulphur compounds,salts & possibly other volcanic sublimates. The dark spot at bottom with the irregular radiating pattern is probably a volcanic crater with radiating lava flows. The two Voyager spacecraft found numerous volcanos on Io,including a number observed in the process of eruption | |
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