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Io from Voyager 1 Mar 1979
Gelatin silver print | 20.3 x 25.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2081339
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This dramatic view of Jupiter's satellite Io shows two simultaneously occurring volcanic eruptions. One can be seen on the limb (lower right), in which ash clouds are rising more than 260 kilometres (150 miles) above the satellite's surface. The second can be seen on the terminator (shadow between day and night) where the volcanic cloud is catching the rays of the rising sun. The dark hemisphere of Io is made visible by light reflected from Jupiter. Seen from Io's night sky, Jupiter looms almost 40 times larger and 200 times brighter than our own full Moon. This photo was taken by Voyager 1 on March 8, looking back 4.5 million kilometres (2.6 million miles) at Io, three days after its historic encounter.
Provenance
Presented to Queen Elizabeth II by Carl Sagan (NASA) and Ann Druyan during her visit to the United States of America in 1983
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Medium and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Measurements
20.3 x 25.3 cm (whole object)