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Probes find a new plume on Io

By Ron Cowen

- More than 2 years ago

Two spacecraft jointly eyeing Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, have spotted a towering new plume.

Images of Io show two volcanic plumes (arrows). One spews from the equatorial volcano Pele (left). A new plume emerges from Tvashtar Catena near Io’s north pole (right).