Kevin M. GillDec 31, 2023

Amazing new images of the moon Io have come down from the Juno spacecraft! This one shows the volcanic moon of Jupiter from only 2,800 kilometers away, which is the closest look we’ve gotten of Io since the Galileo orbiter over 20 years ago. Check out all those volcanoes!!!!

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

#jupiter #io #juno #junocam #nasa #science #space

Show threadTio
@kevinmgill This looks incredible. But, source? :D - is it a recent one?
Dec 31, 2023 at 3:23amWeb
Show threadKevin M. GillDec 31, 2023
@tio It was taken this morning by Juno. source is here: https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing/. I have run it though my processing pipeline.
'Jupiter - Perijove 54' | - Mission Juno

This processed view enhances cloud-top texture and reveals swirling filaments, compact vortices, and bright high-altitude clouds embedded in a chaotic...

Mission Juno
Show threadTioDec 31, 2023
@kevinmgill Incredible! Thank you!