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Io Transit of Jupiter


Depicts: Jupiter, Io
Copyright: J. Spencer (Lowell Observatory) and NASA

While hunting for volcanic plumes on Io, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured these images of the volatile moon sweeping across the giant face of Jupiter. Only a few weeks before these dramatic images were taken, the orbiting telescope snapped a portrait of one of Io's volcanoes spewing sulfur dioxide "snow."

These stunning images of the planetary duo are being released to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the Hubble telescope's launch on April 24, 1990. All of these images were taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
21-Apr-2026 23:16 UT

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