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Volcano Pele Target Name:   Io Spacecraft:   Voyager 1 Produced by:   NASA/JPL Copyright:  Public Domain Date Taken:   5 March 1979 Date Released:  4 March 2003 Related Documents Pele Volcano & Pillan Patera Io's Volcanic Features Io Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size io3.jpg JPEG 539 x 640 37K io3.jpg JPEG 783 x 930 77K io3.tif TIFF 783 x 930 1M This picture of Io, the innermost Galilean satellite, was taken by Voyager 1 1979 at a range of 377,000 kilometers (226,200 miles). The smallest features visible are about 10 kilometers (6 miles) across. The reddish, white and black areas are surface deposits, consisting of mixtures of salts, sulfur and sublimate deposits of volcanic origin. Many of the black spots in these pictures are associated with craters of possible volcanic origin. The heart shaped feature in the center of this image was caused by volcanic ejecta thrown out of the eruptive Pele.

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