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Io volcanic eruption captured with the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM)

Io volcanic eruption captured with the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM)
Io volcanic eruption captured with the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) This Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) image was acquired on 21 December 2018 at 12:30 UTC, while Io was in Jupiter's shadow. The instrument reveals very high temperatures at the location of a volcanic eruption on Io, and the warm glow of lots of other volcanic throats. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/INAF