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  • Released Tuesday, March 4, 2014
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
  • ID: 11455
A NASA spacecraft sees a volcanic explosion on Jupiter’s third-largest moon.

A NASA spacecraft sees a volcanic explosion on Jupiter’s third-largest moon.

The LORRI camera aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured these images of Io’s Tvashtar volcano erupting.

Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. At 2,263 miles in diameter, it is slightly larger than Earth’s moon.

Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. At 2,263 miles in diameter, it is slightly larger than Earth’s moon.

Collapsed volcanoes form large, dark spots on Io’s surface.

Collapsed volcanoes form large, dark spots on Io’s surface.

Lava spills onto the surface of Io during a volcanic eruption.

Lava spills onto the surface of Io during a volcanic eruption.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Cover image courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Video courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Globe image courtesy of NASA/JPL/USGS
Surface image courtesy of NASA/JPL/USGS
Surface close-up courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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