Lakes of molten silicate lava also cover Io's surface.
Hundreds of volcanoes riddle its surface with some shooting lava fountains dozens of miles high. Io, seen as a darker speck on the left of the two dots, is the most volcanically active moon in the solar system. The images released by NASA were processed by a citizen scientist, Andrea Luck, who used raw data collected by the probe's JunoCam. Both are about the size of Earth's moon, reports John Wenz for Inverse. In a zoomed-in image released by NASA on March 16, Io and Europa are seen as small cloudy orbs compared to Jupiter's colossal size. Named after Galileo Galleli who discovered the pair in 1610, Io and Europa are the smallest Galilean moons of Jupiter's many natural satellites. The JunoCam is NASA's first camera dedicated to public outreach and has captured remarkable views of the Jovian system and its many moons. Images captured by JunoCam are available online for the public to view and process, a statement explains. When the photo was taken, Juno was about 38,000 miles above Jupiter with a latitude of nearly 52 degrees south, reports 's Samantha Mathewson. In the upper right of the image, the two moons appear as barely visible small dots. Two of the giant planet's moons, Io and Europa, photobombed the shot in the distant background.
NASA's Juno spacecraft snapped a stunning portrait of Jupiter during the probe's 39th close encounter of the planet on January 12, 2022.
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