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NIMS Image of Io - First Encounter Target Name:   Io Spacecraft:   Galileo Produced by:   NASA/JPL Copyright:  Public Domain Date Taken:   29 June 1996 Related Document Io Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size galio8.jpg JPEG 1100 x 550 60K PIA00835.tif TIFF 1525 x 1100 178 kilobytes Io has been imaged by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) on Galileo. The image on the right shows for the first time the distribution of volcanic hotspots on the surface of Io, as seen by NIMS. Three of these hotspots are new discoveries, only detectable with the NIMS instrument. This image was taken during the First Ganymede encounter on June 29, 1996. The image on the left shows the same view of Io as seen by the Voyager spacecraft in 1979. At least one dozen hotspots have been identified from this NIMS image. Most of the hotspot locations can be matched with volcanic features on the surface of Io, including the vent area of the active Prometheus plume.

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