Jupiter Europa and Io (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Jupiter Europa and Io

Caption

SwRI scientists used Hubble Space Telescope to image the surface of Jupiter’s fourth largest moon Europa (shown lower right in this composite image) in the ultraviolet, mapping concentrations of sulfur dioxide on its surface that likely came from Io (above), Jupiter’s ultra-volcanic moon.

Credit

NASA

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