Just hours before NASA’s Juno mission completed its 53rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 31, 2023, the spacecraft zoomed past the planet’s volcanic moon, Io, and captured a dramatic view of both bodies in the same frame.
The surface of Io, the most active volcanic world in the solar system, is marked by hundreds of volcanoes that regularly erupt with molten lava and sulfur gas. Juno has provided scientists with the closest view of Io since 2007, and the spacecraft will collect additional images and data from its suite of scientific instruments during closer passes in late 2023 and early 2024.
To create this image, citizen scientist Alain Mirón Velázquez processed raw images from the JunoCam instrument, enhancing contrast, color and sharpness. At the time the raw image was taken on July 30, 2023, Juno was about 32,170 miles (about 51,770 kilometers) from Io, and about 245,000 miles (about 395,000 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops.
JunoCam raw images are available for the public to read and process into image products at More information about NASA citizen science can be found at and
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2023-10-21 22:16:36
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